SPEECH-SUGGESTION OF ARTSAKH REPUBLIC PRESIDENT BAKO SAHAKYAN DELIVERED AT THE MEETING OF THE "HAYASTAN" ALL-ARMENIAN FUND’S BOARD OF TRUSTEES

ARMENPRESS
MAY 14, 2010
STEPANAKERT

STEPANAKERT, MAY 14, ARMENPRESS: President of the NKR Bako Sahakyan
participated today in the session of the Board of Trustees of the
"Hayastan" All-Armenian Fund and delivered speech-suggestion. NKR
presidential press office told Armenpress that the speech-suggestion
runs as follows:

"Honorable President of the Republic of Armenia, Your Holiness,
Respected colleagues,

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.

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.

The authorities of Artsakh together with Armenia and the Diaspora set
about the development of this economically and politically significant
sphere. 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 6,5 billion dram.

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.

Thank you."