STEPANAKERT, MARCH 17, NOYAN TAPAN-ARMENIANS TODAY. On 16 March President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan met a group of prominent representatives of the spheres of literature and sport of the Republic of Armenia. Writer and publicist Zori Balayan, chairman of the Writer's Union of Armenia Levon Ananyan, head of the Institute of literature of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences Avik Isahakyan, president of the Armenian Sambo Federation Leonid Hayrapetyan partook at the meeting and discussed issues related to the development of literature and sports. Within this context special attention was paid to strengthening ties between Armenia, Artsakh and the Diaspora. According to the report of the central information department of the office of the NKR President, head of the NKR Union of Writers Vardan Hakobyan partook at the meeting.

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