Artsakh President Bako Sahakyan visited Wednesday, June 19, the southeast of the republic to hold a meeting that was attended by parliament and government members as well as a number of entrepreneurs.

The discussions focused on the defense system, development of agriculture, telecommunications and construction fields, as well as road building.

President Sahakyan stressed the importance of developing the southeastern part of Artsakh, noting that it had all the necessary preconditions for becoming the locomotive of the whole republic’s economy, reported the Central Information Department at the Artsakh President’s Office.