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The President of Nagorno Karabakh Bako Sahakyan had a working meeting where issues of tourism development were discussed. As the press service of the Presidential Administration of Nagorno Karabakh Republic informs Sergey Shahverdyan, head of the tourism development bureau of the government, presented a report over the problem. After that broader discussions were hold.
The President has attached importance to the development of tourism sector considering it a direction of a strategic significance for the state. The President instructed to work out and present a tourism development program which will objectively and thoroughly reflect the situation as well as the perspectives of the growth in the sphere. Prime Minister Ara Harutyunyan and other officials were also present at the meeting, reports panorama.am.
As the State Statistic Bureau of Nagorno Karabakh Republic reports, in 2008 the external trade of the republic has increased by 10% and the export has decreased by 24.1% in comparison with 2007. The import in its turn has increased by 22 %. In 2008 the trade of Nagorno Karabakh with CIS states has been 87540.2 billion AMD (Armenian drams) which is the 93% of the whole commodity circulation of the republic. The trade with other states amounts 5709.2 billion AMD or the 6.1 % of the whole commodity circulation, reports Haik Daily.
Posted June 17th, 2009 by Hasmik
