STEPANAKERT, OCTOBER 18, NOYAN TAPAN. Bako Sahakian, the President of the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh, received a group of scientists, who have arrived in Artsakh from Germany, Armenia, Russia, and the United States of America within the frameworks of the Yenikolopov readings on October 17. The President welcomed the holding of the readings in Nagorno Karabakh, that is to say, in the homeland of the famous scientist Yenikolopov, attaching a great importance to the role of that event in the scientific life of the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh. Accoring to the information provided to Noyan Tapan by the Main Department of Information of the NKR President's Staff, the interlocutors discussed a number of issues concerning the development prospects of education and science in the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh. Vladik Khachatrian, the NKR Minister of Education and Science, was also present at the meeting.

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