Bako Sahakyan in Swiss Confederation

On 9 November President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan visited embassy of the Republic of Armenia in the Swiss Confederation and handed in state awards to some members of the Swiss Armenian community.

For assistance provided to the NKR Bako Sahakyan handed in the “Mesrop Mashtots” to philanthropist Vardan Sermakes and the “Vachagan Barepasht” medal to public figure Arden Shelefyan.

On the same day Bako Sahakyan visited the Geneva Armenian center where he met leaders of some Armenian organizations of Switzerland and representatives of the country’s Armenian community.

During the meeting the Head of the State talked about socio-economic situation in the NKR, foreign policy of our country and the current stage and prospects of the Azerbaijani-Karabagh conflict settlement. Bako Sahakyan also touched upon the necessity of deepening ties between the Motherland and Diaspora, underlining that the Armenia-Artsakh-Diaspora trinity is among the key bases of the Karabagh statehood. Within this context the President noted the importance of developing relations with the Swiss Armenian community stressing the need to give a new impetus to them. At the end of the meeting President Sahakyan answered questions raised by the attendees.

Primate of the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan, head of the central information department of the office of the NKR President David Babayan, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to Switzerland Satenik Abgaryan and other officials partook at the events, Central Information Department of the Office of the Artsakh Republic reports.