STEPANAKERT. – Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) President Arayik Harutyunyan on Tuesday paid working visits to Shosh and Sarushen villages of the Askeran region, and Karmir Shuka and Taghavard villages of the Martuni region.

In Shosh, Sarushen, and Taghavard, the President met with the local residents, and discussed the security and socioeconomic challenges and problems in the post-war period, and the steps to be taken to overcome them, the Artsakh President's Office informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.

According to Harutyunyan, the Artsakh government plans to asphalt the Karmir Shuka-Taghavard motorway, as well as to repair the Shosh and Sarushen community roads this year.

Arayik Harutyunyan added that steps will be taken in the near future to ensure the employment of the local residents.

A number of issues related to the harvest were also discussed.

In Karmir Shuka, Arayik Harutyunyan visited the construction site of a new residential district, where he got familiarized with the installation of fast-assembling houses.