On 3 January President of Kharabakh Bako Sahakyan visited the Shoushi and Kashatagh regions of the republic, presidential press service informed NEWS.am.

In the outskirts of town of Shoushi the President participated in the ceremony of opening the newly built transformer substation.

The Head of the State subsequently participated in the opening of the “Syunik-1” hydropower station in the Aghavno-Melikashen sector of the Kashatagh region and inspected the construction activities of the “Syunik-2” hydropower station on site.

The President noted the importance of those objects for the development of Artsakh energy sphere underlining that activities in this direction would be of a continuous nature.

On the same day Bako Sahakyan in the Berdzor regional center participated at a solemn ceremony of handing over keys from a newly built apartment building.

The President considered important the development of the Berdzor town from the economic, social and political points.

At the end of the visit in the village of Melikashen of the Kashatagh region the President convoked a consultation with heads of communities of the Sonasar and Aghavno sub-districts.  Issues the communities face and ways of their solution were discussed during the consultation.

Premier of the Kharabakh Republic Ara Haroutyunyan, members of the Cabinet of Ministers, deputies of the Kharabakh and Armenian parliaments, governor of the Syunik region Souren Khachatryan and other officials participated at the events.