RUSSIAN PHILANTHROPIST TO PROMOTE SHOUSHI’S RECOVERY
DeFacto Agency
June 13 2008
Armenia
STEPANAKERT, 12.06.08 DE FACTO. On June 11 the Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic President Bako Sahakian and a famous Russian philanthropist
Levon Hayrapetian visited Shoushi to familiarize themselves with the
course of construction works on a number of objects on the spot.
A meeting was held in Shoushi with the participation of Archbishop
Pargev Martirosian, the leader of the Artsakh Eparchy of the Armenian
Apostolic Church, Ara Harutyunian, the NKR PM, and other officials. The
issues referring to recovery and development of the town of Shoushi
were discussed at the meeting.
"We must recover Shoushi maintaining the town’s historical
image. Shoushi must become Nagorno-Karabakh Republic’s second capital
city the same way as St. Petersburg for Russia", Levon Hayrapetian
noted and added he would spare no means to turn Shoushi in a modern
cultural and tourist center. "The most important is to create normal
living conditions in Artsakh", the philanthropist added.