Prime Minister of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic/NKR) Arayik Harutyunyan and Armenia’s Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan, who is in Artsakh on an unofficial visit, on Thursday visited Askeran, Martuni and Martakert regions of the country, as well as Mataghis and Talish communities.
In Askeran and Martuni regions, the two PMs got acquainted with the cultivation process of pomegranate orchards and tobacco fields being carried out through drip irrigation systems. During the visit, Karabakh Deputy Minister of Agriculture Gevorg Veranyan came up with a comprehensive presentation on advantages and disadvantages of drip irrigation system, the press service of the Artsakh Government reports.
PM Harutyunyan mentioned that taking into consideration the productivity of the project the Artsakh Government encourages and supports all those businessmen who want to use this system in their gardens.
Afterwards, PMs Harutyunyan and Karapetyan went to Martakert region, visited the communities of Mataghis and Talish. Accompanied by the Secretary of the National Security Council of the Republic of Artsakh, Vitaly Balasanyan, as well as by the Head of Martakert Regional Administration Vladik Khachatryan, the prime ministers acquainted themselves with the construction works in Talish as well as discussed on the spot a number of community development projects.
“Talish restoration program is always under our spotlight. Last April, as a result of the military operations unleashed by Azerbaijan, the villagers were forced to leave their houses. Today our task is to provide both sufficient security and social-economic favorable conditions so that in the future Talish residents will no longer have to leave their native village,” said Mr. Harutyunyan.
Arayik Harutyunyan and Karen Karapetyan visited the newly-opened recreation zone in Mataghis where they got acquainted with the leisure and entertainment conditions created near Mataghis reservoir through foreign investments.
