President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) Bako Sahakyan held a meeting with RA President Serzh Sargsyan, who arrived in Stepanakert to take part in the celebrations of the 18th anniversary of the NKR’s independence. The Information Department, NKR Presidential Staff, reported that the Presidents’ meeting was followed by an enlarged meeting with the participation of the two states’ Premiers and Ministers of finance.

The sides discussed issues of the NKR’s socio-economic development and bilateral economic and financial cooperation.

The same day, the Armenian and NKR President held another meeting to discuss the regional developments and the conflict between Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh.

Participating in the meeting were Speaker of the NKR Parliament Ashot Ghulyan, NKR Prime Minister Ara Harutyunyan, Secretary of the NKR Security Council Marat Musaelyan, NKR Minister of Defense Movses and Minister of Foreign Affairs Georgy Petrosyan.