
President Sahakian meets with Defense Army representatives in Stepanakert on Jan. 21 (Photo: president.nkr.am)
STEPANAKERT—Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) Republic President Bako Sahakian on January 21 took part in the Defense Army’s Military Council meeting of the devoted to summing up the results of 2016 and action plans for 2017.
In his speech, Sahakian touched upon the army-building process, accomplishments and existing issues, and assessed the activities carried out in 2016 as satisfactory.
According to the President, 2016 was a difficult year for the military and went down in history as the year of the Four Day April War. “This war has evidently revealed a number of fundamental developments militarily, politically and psychologically, as well tasks to be carried out and necessary steps to be implemented when facing new challenges,â€