YEREVAN, MARCH 31, ARMENPRESS. President of Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) Arayik Harutyunyan chaired an emergency meeting of the Security Council in an enlarged format on Friday. 

In a readout, Harutyunyan’s office said “issues related to the defense of the Artsakh Republic, ensuring the security and the life-activity of the population of the Artsakh Republic under the conditions of the tightening of the blockade and unceasing provocations by Azerbaijan were on the discussion agenda.”

State Minister Gurgen Nersisyan and Defense Minister, Lieutenant-General Kamo Vardanyan delivered reports.

“President Harutyunyan underscored the close and coordinated cooperation between the law enforcement agencies and civilian structures, public administration and local self-government bodies in the solution of urgent and long-term problems. The President gave a number of instructions to the authorized bodies in the context of the discussed issues,” Harutyunyan’s office added.