STEPANAKERT, OCTOBER 17, NOYAN TAPAN. On October 17, NKR President Bako Sahakian received Viktor Krivopuskov, the head of Russian-Armenian Society of Friendship and Cooperation. During the meeting, issues of developing and expanding humanitarian and cultural ties with Nagorno Karabakh, opening of a Center for Study of the Russian Language and Literature in Artsakh, as well as the issue of establishing cooperation between Russian and Nagorno Karabakh NGOs were discussed. As Noyan Tapan was informed by General Department of Information of NKR President's Administration, on the same day B. Sahakian received Sos Sargsian, the Artistic Director of Hamazgayin Theater, director Hovik Hakhverdian, Ruben Hovsepian, the editor of the Nork magazine, and Hovik Minasian, the Vice-President of Yerevan Theater and Cinema Institute. During the meeting, a wide range of issues on expanding and strengthening of many-sided ties between Armenia and Artsakh, as well as issues on state, national problems and the development of Armenian culture were discussed. Writer and publicist Zori Balayan took part in the meetings.

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