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President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan took part in the plenary session of the National Assembly dedicated to the approval of the 2019 draft state budget on Thursday.

In his speech Sahakyan touched upon certain aspects of the draft budget, the presidential office reports.

"The budget reflects the fundamental principles of our country's economic development based on such components as dynamically and proportionally developing economy, ensuring high level of inter-Armenian economic integration and preserving the most important attributes of the social state. Army building, security, and civil defense spheres have always been under the spotlight of special attention. From now on, everything possible will be done to consistently increase the combat readiness of the army, equip the armed forces with contemporary weaponry, strengthen and modernize the civil defense system, solve social problems of servicemen, veterans and the disabled," Sahakyan stressed.

According to the Artsakh leader, thorough and comprehensive discussions of the draft budget have been passed through all the necessary steps, and the deputies have had the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the logic of the budget, its potential and the formation process, share their opinions and viewpoints.

Sahakyan expressed his gratitude to the MPs for cooperation and active participation in the budget discussions and suggested adopting the submitted final version of the draft budget as a law.

As a result of discussions, the National Assembly passed the state budget of the Artsakh Republic for the year of 2019.