President of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) Arayik Haroutyunyan today convened a working consultation devoted to the issue of drinking water in the republic, as reported the Central Information Department of the Office of the President of Artsakh.

Haroutyunyan pinpointed specialists’ concerns that this year the republic has recorded precipitation that is lower than the norm, as a result of which there is a high risk of the emergence of a problem with drinking water during the summer. Various alternative measures for providing the population with drinking water were considered during the consultation.

According to the press release, the President assigned government officials to present all the resources that will be used to solve the issue.