STEPANAKERT. – President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Bako Sahakyan chaired a meeting of the NKR Security Council. Issues related to the organization of the 2013 grain crop and elaboration of the Republican Civil Defense plan was on the agenda of the meeting.

For effective organization of the harvest activities President Sahakyan entrusted the Cabinet of Ministers to form a crisis center headed by the agriculture minister which has to take necessary measures to present information to the president once in 10 days. The crisis center must be formed by June 15, 2013.

President underscored importance of civil defense system corresponding to the modern requirements in providing the security of the state and assigned the government to hold additional discussion of project and submit the elaborated version to the President’s confirmation.