PROBLEMS OF SHAHOUMIAN REGION WERE DISCUSSED
NKR Government Information and
Public Relations Department
January 19, 2009
According to the information of the Central Information Department
of the NKR President’s Staff, on January 17, the NKR President Bako
Sahakyan, accompanied by the NKR Prime Minister Ara Haroutyunyan,
visited Shahoumian region, and met with the RA government delegation
with the Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan at the head, having arrived
at the region the same day.
President Bako Sahakyan and the RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan
visited different residential areas of Shahoumian region, had meetings
with inhabitants. During the meetings, issues concerning the present
social and economic state of the region and the perspectives
of its development, as well as those referring to the further
expansion of contacts between the NKR regions and RA provinces were
discussed. Special attention was paid to the problems of development
of infrastructures, particularly, to the issue of Getavan – Sotq
motor highway construction. During the meeting with the inhabitants
Bako Sahakyan underlined that Shahoumian is a sanctuary for the whole
Armenian people, and added that in that context the problem of the
region’s development is of special importance and is constantly in
the focus of attention of the NKR authorities. The Head of the state
noted, as well, that a number of complex programmes, which will have
an appreciably positive influence on the overall development of the
region, are anticipated to be implemented here.
During the visit, the NKR President and the RA Prime Minister were
accompanied by the Ministers of Defence, Urban Planning and Transport
and other officials of the two Armenian countries.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
