STEPANAKERT. – President of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic/NKR), Bako Sahakyan, on Thursday attended the National Assembly plenary session devoted to the approval of the 2019 State Budget draft.

In his remarks, Sahakyan touched upon certain aspects of this draft, Central Information Department of the Office of the NKR President informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.

“The budget reflects the fundamental principles of our country’s economic development based on such components as dynamically and proportionally developing economy, ensuring high level of inter-Armenian economic integration, and preserving the most important attributes of the social state,” Sahakyan highlighted. “Army building, security, and civil defense spheres have always been at the focus of special attention. From now on, everything possible will be done to consistently increase the combat-readiness of the army, equip the armed forces with contemporary weaponry, strengthen and modernize the civil defense system, solve the social problems of servicemen, veterans and the disabled.”

According to the President, thorough and comprehensive discussions of the draft budget have passed through all the necessary steps, and the deputies have had the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the logic of this budget, its potential and the formation process, and to share their respective opinions and viewpoints.

Sahakyan extended his gratitude to the members of the parliament for their cooperation and active participation in the budget deliberations, and he proposed to adopt the submitted final version of the draft budget as a law.

As a result of debates, the National Assembly passed the state budget of the Artsakh Republic for the year of 2019.