On August 17 Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan partook at a solemn ceremony dedicated to the Constructor's Day held at the Stepanakert Youth and Cultural Palace.
Bako Sahakyan decorated with state awards a group of the sphere's representatives and delivered a congratulatory speech.
In his address the Head of State noted that throughout centuries our nation has been distinguished by its workmanship, always building and improving its homeland.
The President underlined that today the sphere of construction is among the key directions of the republic's development and the fact that Artsakh is becoming more beautiful and developed is also the result of the constructor's painstaking work.
At the same time President Sahakyan noted that there were still a lot of things to do in the sphere. Issues of increasing construction effectiveness, its quality and periods of realizing appropriate works had to be kept at the centre of attention.
Speaker of the NKR National Assembly Ashot Ghoulyan, prime-minister Ara Haroutyunyan, other officials were present at the event.
2011-08-17