Deputy PM Matevosyan meets with separatist President of Nagorno-Karabakh Arayik Harutyunyan

New deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Hambardzum Matevosyan had his first meeting as deputy PM with the separatist President of the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh Arayik Harutyunyan, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister stated.

Congratulating Matevosyan on assuming the post, Harutyunyan wished success and achievements in his activities for the benefit of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.

During the working meeting, issues of bilateral cooperation and the ways of solving the existing socio-economic problems were discussed. The sides also touched upon issues related to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and security.

Azerbaijan returns two Armenian captives

Azerbaijani authorities repatriated two Armenian people to Armenia on November 26.

Mihran Musayelyan (born 2000) and Aren Aramyan (born 1993) are the two Armenian nationals returned from Azerbaijan, according to the Ministry of Defence.

The de-facto President of Nagorno-Karabakh, Arayik Harutyunyan, said in a statement that one of the November 26 repatriated citizens is a local resident who crossed into “Azeri-controlled” territory by accident on November 23, and the other is a serviceman who was shot and wounded on November 16 in a military position and later captured.

7 alternative roads under construction in Syunik

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced during the cabinet meeting that seven alternative road are being built in Shurnukh, Vorotan, Bardzravan, Geghanush, and Tchakaten in Syunik Province.

"We're also developing a bypass route for Verin Khotanan village so that freight vehicles don't have to go through the community," he explained.

PM Pashinyan then requested a briefing on the building process from Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures Gnel Sanosyan. According to Sanosyan, the Tatev-Aghvani road is complete.

He claims that the new road is not only as nice as the M2, but is wider in some areas. "The greatest challenge is in some portions of the Tatev gorge, which is why we're building the Tatev-Ltsen road, so we can skip that stretch and get to Sisian faster." Other routes are also undergoing active development, according to Sanosyan.