BAKO SAHAKIAN: SHAHUMIAN REGION IS A SACRED PLACE FOR WHOLE ARMENIAN PEOPLE
Noyan Tapan
Jan 19, 2009
YEREVAN, JANUARY 19, NOYAN TAPAN. NKR President Bako Sahakian
accompanied by Prime Minister Ara Haroutiunian on December 17 visited
the Shahumian region and met with the RA governmental delegation led
by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsian arriving there the same day.
They visited Shahumian region’s various populated areas, where
issues regarding region’s current socio-economic condition and
development prospects, as well as further deepening and expansion
of contacts between NKR regions and RA regions were discussed during
their meetings with the population. A special attention was paid to
problems of infrastructures development, in particular, the issue of
building Getavan-Sotk highway.
During his meeting with the population B. Sahakian emphasized that
the Shahumian region is a sacred place for the whole Armenian people
adding that in that context the problem of region’s development is
of special importance and is always in the focus of NKR authorities’
attention. He also said that it is envisaged implementing a number
of complex programs there, which will have a perceptible impact on
region’s general development.
As Noyan Tapan was informed by the General Information Department of
NKR President’s Staff, during the visit the NKR President and RA Prime
Minister were accompanied by the two Armenian states’ Defence, Urban
Development and Transport Ministers, other high-ranking officials.