Tweet
Karabakh will have better infrastructures by 2015, says parliament speaker
17:31 * 25.08.14
The president of Nagorno-Karabakh's (Artsakh) National Assembly says
he expects the country to have better and more developed
infrastructures by 2015, the year which marks the 100th anniversary of
the Armenian Genocide.
Speaking to reporters who visited the second Armenian republic last
week, Ashot Ghulyan particularly stressed the importance of the
ongoing construction of the highway connecting city of Martakert with
Armenia's Vardenis town (Gegharkunik region). He also addressed the
existing problems in the country and the activities accomplished in
the past couple of years.
At what stage is Artsakh's re-population process? What achievements do you have?
The re-population continues, as there isn't any special project to
establish timeframes of several years to accomplish the process. We
must work towards implementing a re-population program in Artsakh,
always having the demographic development plan on the agenda. We
simply have to admit that re-population is never a self-driven
process. Our desire is to simultaneously organize several thousand
people's re-population, but the economic and financial resources
aren't big enough to allow us to implement such large-scale
[projects]. Several scores of people settle in Artsakh every year. A
similar program was also implemented for the re-population of
Syrian-Armenians.
What's your point of view on the re-population of Yezidis in Artsakh?
Is it likely to change demography?
It is necessary to work in that direction without talking too much.
The authorities of Karabakh have never ruled out that possibility, and
I don't think the volumes will be that [big] to have any influence.
What about the on-going activities in the road-development sector?
That's a sensitive issue; we have been implementing very big strategic
projects since 1994-1995. As for the roads connecting villages with
one another, those are continuing activities, so we annually invest
money in that. I believe the construction of the Vardenis-Martakert
highway will be of considerable help in the coming couple of years.
Given that all the villages there are connected to that highway,
that's likely to resolve big infrastructure problems. By 2015, we will
have a more developed system in Artsakh in terms of the
infrastructures. But that should not be thought the end point of our
activities, as we are also planning the launch of a power system
connecting Armenia with Artsakh.
What assistance projects are being implemented for young families?
Have there been any changes in the population records?
The projects under way are aimed at boosting young families' birth
rate. For every newborn child, a bank account is opened by the Artsakh
authorities. For every sixth child, the family receives a new
apartment or a separate house. And we now think about doing the same
for every fifth child. Our projects are enough to enable young
families to have [many] children. The population hasn't decreased; it
just has been relatively low compared to the past couple of years. I
cannot say we don't have the emigration problem, but its volumes are
not big enough to raise any concerns. Most leave to work [abroad].
The journalists' visit to Artsakh was organized upon the initiative of
the Holy See of St Echmiadzin and World Vision Armenia.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/08/25/ghulian/
17:31 * 25.08.14
The president of Nagorno-Karabakh's (Artsakh) National Assembly says
he expects the country to have better and more developed
infrastructures by 2015, the year which marks the 100th anniversary of
the Armenian Genocide.
Speaking to reporters who visited the second Armenian republic last
week, Ashot Ghulyan particularly stressed the importance of the
ongoing construction of the highway connecting city of Martakert with
Armenia's Vardenis town (Gegharkunik region). He also addressed the
existing problems in the country and the activities accomplished in
the past couple of years.
At what stage is Artsakh's re-population process? What achievements do you have?
The re-population continues, as there isn't any special project to
establish timeframes of several years to accomplish the process. We
must work towards implementing a re-population program in Artsakh,
always having the demographic development plan on the agenda. We
simply have to admit that re-population is never a self-driven
process. Our desire is to simultaneously organize several thousand
people's re-population, but the economic and financial resources
aren't big enough to allow us to implement such large-scale
[projects]. Several scores of people settle in Artsakh every year. A
similar program was also implemented for the re-population of
Syrian-Armenians.
What's your point of view on the re-population of Yezidis in Artsakh?
Is it likely to change demography?
It is necessary to work in that direction without talking too much.
The authorities of Karabakh have never ruled out that possibility, and
I don't think the volumes will be that [big] to have any influence.
What about the on-going activities in the road-development sector?
That's a sensitive issue; we have been implementing very big strategic
projects since 1994-1995. As for the roads connecting villages with
one another, those are continuing activities, so we annually invest
money in that. I believe the construction of the Vardenis-Martakert
highway will be of considerable help in the coming couple of years.
Given that all the villages there are connected to that highway,
that's likely to resolve big infrastructure problems. By 2015, we will
have a more developed system in Artsakh in terms of the
infrastructures. But that should not be thought the end point of our
activities, as we are also planning the launch of a power system
connecting Armenia with Artsakh.
What assistance projects are being implemented for young families?
Have there been any changes in the population records?
The projects under way are aimed at boosting young families' birth
rate. For every newborn child, a bank account is opened by the Artsakh
authorities. For every sixth child, the family receives a new
apartment or a separate house. And we now think about doing the same
for every fifth child. Our projects are enough to enable young
families to have [many] children. The population hasn't decreased; it
just has been relatively low compared to the past couple of years. I
cannot say we don't have the emigration problem, but its volumes are
not big enough to raise any concerns. Most leave to work [abroad].
The journalists' visit to Artsakh was organized upon the initiative of
the Holy See of St Echmiadzin and World Vision Armenia.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/08/25/ghulian/