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The Asmaryan family from Syria working in the fileds in the occupied Khojaly district │Photo from www.hetq.am│04 August 2015 such an infrastructure in the Araz Valley would promote the development of the area that has a great agricultural potential, which in its turn would have a substantial impact on boosting the whole agro-industrial sector. 338 Agricultural equipment and services in the occupied territories, including ploughing, cultivation, grain, maize, potato sowing, harvesting fertilizer dispersion, laying canals, bulldozer works etc., are generally provided by “Agriculture Number 1 CJSC”, which has assembly point of its equipment in Pirlar village of the occupied Khojaly district and in Khanlyg village in the occupied Gubadly district, 339 “Machine And Tractor Station CJSC”, which operates in the occupied town of Khojavand, 340 and “Martakert’s Agricultural Services CJSC”, operating in the town of Aghdara. 341 “Greenhouse Farming CJSC”, located in Khankandi, provides greenhouse cultured plants and refrigerator services. 342 Those enterprises were established by the “Support Fund of Village and Agriculture of the NKR”, operating since 2007, through the funding of Hayastan All-Armenian Fund. 343 In 2013, Tufenkian Foundation initiated greenhouse cultivation near Alibayli village in the occupied Zangilan district of Azerbaijan. With the co-sponsorship of the Armenian Community Council (ACC) of Great Britain, two greenhouses with a total area of 480m 2 were built. In 2014, some 1,873 kg of tomatoes were harvested. 344 In March 2012, Bako Sahakyan held a working meeting in the “southern wing of the Hadrut region” to discuss issues of “ameliorating demographic situation”, developing the So-called “prime minister” Arayik Haroutunyan inspects crops near Talysh village in the occupied part of the Tartar district │Photo from www.artsakhpress.am│22 July 2015 “Araks branch” of “Hadrout Agroeconomy CJSC” in the occupied Zangilan district │Photo from www.tert.am│16 May 2013│ spheres of agriculture and irrigation. He considered those three directions closely interrelated, adding that drawbacks in each would have a negative impact on the rest. 345 In November 2012, the so-called “prime minister” of the separatist regime Ara Haroutyunyan said that “Kashatagh” is not for bargain and that the region is an “inseparable part” of the “Republic of Artsakh”. 346 Regarding the economic development of the region, Haroutyunyan singled out 338 See “Artsakh leader visits Kashatagh region”, Panorama.am, 16 May 2013, . 339 See . 340 See . 341 See . 342 See . 343 See . 344 See . 345 See “In the center of attention – the southern part of Hadrut region”, Artsakhtoday.com, 26 March 2012, . 346 See “Artskah Prime Minister: Kashatagh an Inseparable Part of the Country”, Hetq.am, 07 November 2012, . 57
Greenhouse cultivation by the settlers of Alibayli village in the occupied Zangilan district │Photo by Tufenkian Foundation│www.tufenkianfoundation.org the mining sector and the relatively beneficial conditions that exist for growth in the agricultural sector. He also informed of the plans to build three more hydro-electric plants in addition for the two already in operation. 347 According to the Armenian sources, in 2014, some 1000 tons of vegetables and melons were produced in “Kashatagh region”. 348 For comparison, in 2013, total output of vegetable production in all the occupied territories was said to be 8725 tons. 349 According to the Armenian statistics for 2013, of total sown area of 63,319 hectares, around 93 percent (58,687 ha) was sown with grain. 350 More than one third of that cultivated area is in the occupied Lachyn, Jabrayil and Zangilan districts. If in 2009 grain sowing was carried out on 10,673 hectares in the “Kashatagh region”, 351 by 2013 that figure doubled. According to the so-called “deputy head of Kashatagh administration”, Artush Mkhitaryan, in 2013, there was 20,000 ha of wheat sown area in “Kashatagh”, which constitutes around 34 percent of total sown area in the occupied territories. 352 He also said that the wheat sown area in “Kashatagh” is very important in respect of food security of Armenia and “Artsakh”. 353 Tufenkian Foundation funded reviving of the thirtyfive hectares of abandoned grape vineyards in the Ishygly village in the occupied Gubadly district │Photo from www.Hetq.am │ 09 October 2006 The development of agriculture in the occupied territories is used not only for economic, but also for demographic reasons. 354 The settlers in the occupied territories admit that if one lives there, they have two options – either to serve in the army or work in agriculture. 355 In fact, illegal settlements in the occupied territories rely primarily on agriculture development and are dependent on access to fertile lands and water resources. That is why Armenia and its diaspora organizations encourage the transfer of Armenian settlers, and more recently of Syrian Armenians, into the fertile lands in the Araz River Valley, in particular into the occupied Zangilan 347 See “Artskah Prime Minister: Kashatagh an Inseparable Part of the Country”, Hetq.am, 07 November 2012, . 348 See “So Different And So Alike – From Mataghis To Araxavan”, Artsakhtert.com, 25 February 2014, . 349 See “Statistical Yearbook of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, 2007-2013”, . 350 See “Statistical Yearbook of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, 2007-2013”, . 351 See “NKR: To Increase the Private Sector of Economy”, Armeniandiaspora.com, 08 April 2010, . 352 See “Kashatagh is important in respect of food security of Armenia and Artsakh, says official”, Panorama.am, 20 April 2013, . 353 Ibid. 354 See “New Approaches in the State Policy of Agricultural Support”, Artsakhtert.com, 23 January 2013, . 355 See “Artsakh Farmer: ‘Here you can either serve in the army or work in agriculture’”, Hetq.am, 05 December 2014, . 58
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Contents A. Introduction 5 B. Execu
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A. Introduction At the end of 1987,
Page 8 and 9: The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen co
Page 10 and 11: B. Executive Summary The examined e
Page 12 and 13: Armenian statistical information sh
Page 14 and 15: thus profit from and support the oc
Page 16 and 17: programmes that ultimately serve th
Page 18 and 19: the field commanders. 20 S.Ohanyan
Page 20 and 21: II. Continued attempts of Armenia t
Page 22 and 23: the country’s president.” 44 Ar
Page 24 and 25: the NKR.” 58 According to the Arm
Page 26 and 27: Armenian public to be a subsidiary
Page 28 and 29: planning, development of collaborat
Page 30 and 31: Settlement activities in the occupi
Page 32 and 33: and mechanical growth. 134 In 2001,
Page 34 and 35: the separatist regime Arthur Aghabe
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Page 38 and 39: There are reports that Syrian Armen
Page 40 and 41: Armenia’s Dorozhnik LLC company i
Page 42 and 43: as of 2013. Thus, for example, whil
Page 44 and 45: X. Providing products, investments,
Page 46 and 47: in Armenia lack sufficient financia
Page 48 and 49: consists of public figures and busi
Page 50 and 51: percent shares of Armenia's Armswis
Page 52 and 53: Armenia’s Prime Minister Hovik Ab
Page 54 and 55: “Kataro” wine production facili
Page 56 and 57: It is difficult to determine the ac
Page 60 and 61: Former Prime Minister Tigran Sargsy
Page 62 and 63: Bako Sahakyan visits agricultural f
Page 64 and 65: Armenia is particularly interested
Page 66 and 67: President of Armenia visits “Trgh
Page 68 and 69: Wheat and other crops harvested in
Page 70 and 71: Back in February 1995, the National
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Page 76 and 77: Unprocessed ore form Soyudlu gold m
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Page 80 and 81: Prime Minister of Armenia Hovik Abr
Page 82 and 83: As far as gold is concerned, Armeni
Page 84 and 85: protection) in the Bashitchay Natio
Page 86 and 87: As of 2015, approximately 460 mines
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Page 90 and 91: E. Obligations and Responsibility u
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Page 104 and 105: A large number of domestic criminal
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G. ANNEXES Original designations of
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