On July 28, NKR President Bako Sahakyan visited the Askeran and Martuni regions and inspected functioning of a newly-built irrigation system.

Thereafter, the President had working consultations in Askeran regional center related to the issues on irrigation system, NKR presidential press service informed NEWS.am.

Head of the department of water industry, NKR Government Kajik Khachatryan delivered a corresponding report.

Bako Sahakyan underlined strategic importance of irrigation network development for Nagorno-Karabakh.

The President noted importance of elaborating a new strategy of water consumption and adoption of the necessary legal acts in the legislative sphere. In this context Bako Sahakyan gave concrete instructions to the heads of corresponding agencies.

NKR Premier Ara Harutunyan, Agriculture Minister Armo Tsaturyan and other officials accompanied the President during the visit.