NKR PRESIDENT SUGGESTS ARTSAKH WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM AS TELETHON 2010 PRIORITY
PanARMENIAN.Net
May 14, 2010 – 13:35 AMT 08:35 GMT
Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan delivered a speech at the
meeting of the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund’s Board of Trustees.
"First of all I would like to welcome the working style of the Hayastan
All Armenian Fund Board of Trustees envisaging on site introduction
with carried out programs, exchanging ideas about the work done and
discussing important issues in an immediate atmosphere.
Your traditional visits to Artsakh on the eve of the annual meeting
of the Fund’s Board of Trustees are a good evidence of that," Mr.
Sahakyan said.
"The activity of the Fund is of utmost importance for strengthening
and flourishing of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, improving living
conditions and raising lining standards of our people. As during the
years of the post-war period today there are issues in Artsakh that
have national significance too. These issues can be solved only by
joint efforts of the whole Armenians. In this row the restoration
of the republic’s water supply system, which was almost completely
destroyed in the result of the military operations is of primary
importance."
He went on saying that "the authorities of Artsakh together with
Armenia and the Diaspora set about the development of this economically
and politically significant field."
"Together we managed to realize a number of complex programs
directed to improving the water supply of the country. Owing to
the active participation of the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund drinking
and irrigation water needs of dozens of settlements have fully been
satisfied, some objects in the capital Stepanakert and regional centers
have been restored. However, there are still numerous tasks to be
fulfilled. Two hundred villages out of 323 existing in Artsakh face
sharp shortage of drinking water and need urgent solutions. Serious
problems exist in Stepanakert and in the regional centers where more
than half of the republic’s population lives. This program is quite
expensive. Only in the capital the construction of new water supply
objects and restoration of the operating ones require AMD6,5 billion,"
Mr. Sahakyan said.
He concluded his speech, saying, "It is obvious that the problem of
water supply in Artsakh can be solved exclusively by means of our joint
efforts. Taking into consideration the significance of this strategic
program, I propose to discuss inclusion of water supply issue that has
vital importance for Artsakh into the framework of Telethon 2010. This
will provide opportunities to realize corresponding programs improving
water supply system of the republic."