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Bako Sahakyan raised issues of mining industry sector
15:16, 15 February, 2013
STEPANAKERT, FEBRUARY 15, ARMENPRESS: President of the Artsakh
Republic Bako Sahakyan convoked an enlarged working consultation
dedicated to the development of the mining industry in 2012 and the
activities to be carried out in 2013 on 15 February.
As central information deaprtemnt of the office of the Artsakh
Republic President told Armenpress, adviser to the NKR President,
academician Grigory Gabrielyants, head of the department of
environment and natural resources Vazgen Michaelyan, heads and
responsible representatives of the geological prospecting and mining
industry enterprises delivered corresponding reports.
In his speech President Sahakyan noted that mining industry was the
youngest and at the same time one of the strategic and perspectives
sectors which had promising opportunities to become the driving force
of economy and among the important sources of employment, already
providing considerable share of industrial output and state budget
revenues.
According to the Head of State the volume of capital investments in
the sphere has increased in recent years both through the channels of
state budget and private sector, considering important the absence of
monopolistic manifestations in the sphere, which boosts sound
competition and dynamic economic development.
The President emphasized that the development of mining industry must
be accompanied with strict maintenance of nature and environment
protection norms. The Head of State stressed that both mineral
resources and nature are the wealth of Artsakh, and development in one
direction should not be at the expense of another, adding that we must
leave for future generations a healthy environment and a dynamically
developing economy.
President Bako Sahakyan also touched upon the current problems and
future plans in the sphere, giving appropriate assignments to the
heads of concerned structures.
National Assembly speaker Ashot Ghoulyan, Prime-minister Ara
Haroutunyan, mining industry representatives, prominent specialists
from Armenia and abroad, other officials partook at the consultation.
15:16, 15 February, 2013
STEPANAKERT, FEBRUARY 15, ARMENPRESS: President of the Artsakh
Republic Bako Sahakyan convoked an enlarged working consultation
dedicated to the development of the mining industry in 2012 and the
activities to be carried out in 2013 on 15 February.
As central information deaprtemnt of the office of the Artsakh
Republic President told Armenpress, adviser to the NKR President,
academician Grigory Gabrielyants, head of the department of
environment and natural resources Vazgen Michaelyan, heads and
responsible representatives of the geological prospecting and mining
industry enterprises delivered corresponding reports.
In his speech President Sahakyan noted that mining industry was the
youngest and at the same time one of the strategic and perspectives
sectors which had promising opportunities to become the driving force
of economy and among the important sources of employment, already
providing considerable share of industrial output and state budget
revenues.
According to the Head of State the volume of capital investments in
the sphere has increased in recent years both through the channels of
state budget and private sector, considering important the absence of
monopolistic manifestations in the sphere, which boosts sound
competition and dynamic economic development.
The President emphasized that the development of mining industry must
be accompanied with strict maintenance of nature and environment
protection norms. The Head of State stressed that both mineral
resources and nature are the wealth of Artsakh, and development in one
direction should not be at the expense of another, adding that we must
leave for future generations a healthy environment and a dynamically
developing economy.
President Bako Sahakyan also touched upon the current problems and
future plans in the sphere, giving appropriate assignments to the
heads of concerned structures.
National Assembly speaker Ashot Ghoulyan, Prime-minister Ara
Haroutunyan, mining industry representatives, prominent specialists
from Armenia and abroad, other officials partook at the consultation.