On 12 January President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan met first deputy head of the General Staff of the Republic of Armenia’s Armed forces, lieutenant-general Enrico Apryamov and deputy head of the General Staff, major-general Stephan Galstyan. Issues related to army building were discussed at the meeting. Artsakh Republic defense minister, lieutenant-general Movses Hakobyan partook at the talks. It was announced to " Noyan Tapan" by the Central Information Department of the Office of the Artsakh Republic President.

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