On 13 June Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan visited the Shoushi Technological University and met with the teaching staff. Issues related to the education process and a number of research programs being carried out by the university were on the agenda of the meeting. The Head of the State highlighted the application of modern education methods by the university stressing the need for greater combination of theoretical and applied approaches. Prime-minister Arayik Haroutyunyan and other officials accompanied the President.