Arkady Ghukasian: Assistance Of Canadian Armenian Community Is Of In

ARKADY GHUKASIAN: ASSISTANCE OF CANADIAN ARMENIAN COMMUNITY IS OF INVALUABLE POLITICAL AND MORAL SIGNIFICANCE FOR NKR’S DEVELOPMEMT

Noyan Tapan
Jun 18 2007

STEPANAKERT, JUNE 18, NOYAN TAPAN. During the June 16 meeting of the
president of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Arkady Ghukasian and the
chairman of the Toronto branch of the "Hayastan" All-Armenian Fund
Mkrtich Mkrtchian, the interlocutors addressed the process of several
programs being implemented in the NKR with efforts of the Armenian
community of Toronto.

Pointing out the traditional active participation of the Canadian
Armenian community in overcoming the problems facing Artsakh,
A. Ghukasian noted that the existing cooperation is of invaluable
political and moral significance for the social and economic deelopment
of the NKR.

On the same day A. Ghukasian received the delegation of Armenian
businessmen headed by Chairman of the Union of Manufacturers and
Businessmen of Armenia Arsen Ghazarian.

Welcoming the businessmen’s efforts aimed at strengthening the links
with the NKR, A. Ghukasian attached importance to involving Armenian
investors in the develoment of the country’s economy. He said that
the NKR authorities are taking the respective steps in order to
reduce investment risks, including improvement of administration and
implementation of a flexible tax policy.