STEPANAKERT.- President of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Bako Sahakyan attended the opening ceremony of “Shushi Grand Hotel”.

President Sahakyan stressed importance of putting into operation a new hotel corresponding to international standards which will contribute to development of the town and will turn it into a tourist destination.

Bako Sahakyan expressed his gratitude to the philanthropists from Lebanon and U.S. who financed the construction of the hotel.

Head of the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan, Speaker of the National Assembly Ashot Ghulyan, Prime-Minister Ara Harutyunyan, other officials, guests from Armenia and abroad were present at the ceremony.