NKR President Bako Sahakyan visited Kashatagh region and got acquainted with the construction of the new reservoir in the intermixture of the Hagari and Aghavno rivers.

President Sahakyan stressed the significance of the reservoir for the development of agriculture in the region, adding that its exploitation would increase the area of irrigated areas and power generation, the NKR presidential press service reports.

President Sahakyan expressed his gratitude to the philanthropist from the Diaspora Vartan Sirmakes for the hands-on involvement in the implementation of the project.

The President pointed out that the Kashatagh region has serious water resources and the state will continue to pay special attention to their usage strictly maintaining nature and environment protection norms.