STEPANAKERT. – Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) President Arayik Harutyunyan on Tuesday held a meeting in Askeran with the officials in charge of the region, community leaders, and local residents.  The military and political situation in Artsakh, as well as security-related and socioeconomic issues were on the discussion agenda, the President's Office informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.  The President reflected on the imperative of ensuring food security and  employment in the current geopolitical conditions, emphasizing the need to make consistent efforts to intensify agricultural work, and to efficiently use uncultivated lands and all possible economic resources in general. 

Also, Harutyunyan listened to the concerns and opinions of the local residents, and gave instructions to the officials in charge on the tasks to be done.