STEPANAKERT.- The owner of Nairi hotel in Stepanakert, businessman from Austria Hakob Abulakian said he is ready to host refugees from Syria.

The businessman said he had contacts with the representatives of the Armenian and Karabakh foreign ministries and expressed readiness to host 100-110 Syrian Armenians. Abulakian would provide accommodation but they would have to pay utility bills.

The businessman is a native of Aleppo where he lived for 35 years. Then he moved to France and finally to Austria. Abulakian said he is seriously concerned about the situation in Syria.