STEPANAKERT. – President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Bako Sahakyan convened a consultation on Tuesday to discuss the issues concerning the 31 January incident that occurred in Kashatagh region's section of the Goris-Stepanakert highway.

Director of the National Security Service under the NKR Cabinet of Ministers Arshavir Gharamyan and head of the Police Kamo Aghajanyan delivered corresponding reports.

In his speech President Sahakyan noted that the initiative of the members of the “Founding Parlaiment” to organize a motor race towards Artsakh initially caused discontent in the society, NKR president's press service reported.

Having reliable information about hundreds of people leaving for Kashatagh to stop the march, the Police had to implement appropriate measures for maintaining public order and preventing possible negative developments. Unfortunately the subsequent development of events had an undesirable outcome. Tragically, it was impossible to avoid disturbances and confrontation that received public response.

In this context, President Sahakyan instructed the police chief to conduct a thorough investigation into the incident and report on the results to the president.