STEPANAKERT. – Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) President Bako Sahakyan on Thursday received a group of deputies and businessmen from Switzerland.

Matters concerning the development of NKR-Switzerland ties and the implementation of a variety of Swiss-assisted projects in Karabakh were discussed during the meeting, Central Information Department of the Office of the NKR President informs.

President Sahakyan stressed that strengthening relations with Switzerland is among the key issues in NKR’s foreign policy, and added that a substantial progress in this domain is already tangible.

In this context, Bako Sahakyan also pointed to the role of the Armenian diaspora considering it among the primary factors contributing to the development of Karabakh’s cooperation with numerous countries.

NKR National Assembly Speaker Ashot Ghulyan, philanthropist Levon Hayrapetyan, and several other officials likewise attended this meeting.