On 4 December President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan together with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan partook at a solemn ceremony of reopening military hospital after Valery Maroutyan in the village of Ivanyan. President Sahakyan noted the importance of this institution for the defense army noting that health care of the servicemen is among the pivotal components of the fighting efficiency of the armed forces and the state will continue to keep in the spotlight the solution of such issues. On the same day the Presidents were present at the demonstration classes organized in one of the training centers of the Defense Army. Afterwards in the NKR ministry of defense they met with senior staff of the republic’s armed forces. Armenian and Karabagh defense ministers and other officials partook at the events. Central Information Department of the Office of the ARTSAKH REPUBLIC President

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