Karabakh Defense Army reliably carried out its mission of protecting the country and the people in 2018: Bako Sahakyan

On 24 January Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan participated in Stepanakert at the meeting of the Defense Army's Military Council devoted to summing up the results of 2018 and the 2019 action plan, president's press service reports.

In his speech the Head of the State touched upon activities carried out in the army building sphere, giving instructions towards proper implementation of the tasks set for the year of 2019.

President Sahakyan assessed the works implemented in 2018 as satisfactory, underlining that the Defense Army had reliably carried out its mission of protecting the country and the people, keeping the borders of the state impregnable, making an important contribution to maintaining stability and peace in the region.

Focusing on the 2019 plans the President stressed that daily hard and systematic work would be required for their efficient realization and expressed conviction that the Defense Army and all its divisions, as always, would do everything possible for the proper implementation of the set tasks.

"The state, in its turn, will further on pay special attention to the problems of army building, consistent increase of the combat readiness of our Armed Forces, solution of social and living problems of the servicemen," noted Bako Sahakyan in his speech.