STEPANAKERT. – Nagorno-Karabakh [Artsakh] President Bako Sahakyan visited Karabakh’s Martakert city on Sunday to participate in a solemn ceremony of opening a newly-built regional hospital.

The President stressed importance of a new hospital for Martakert city and the entire region adding that its work will greatly contribute to raising the quality of medical services, presidential press service informs Armenian News-NEWS.am.

Bako Sahakyan thanked philanthropist Ralph Yirikian for assisting the construction of the hospital. This project is the best example of cooperation between the private sector and the government, he added.

Karabakh PM Ara Harutyunyan and other officials accompanied the President.