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Bako Sahakyan visits agricultural fields near Talysh village in the occupied part of the Tartar district │Photo from www.artsakhpress.am│27 June 2015 Minister of agriculture of Armenia, S.Karapetyan, is a frequent visitor in the occupied territories. In July 2012, he visited the breeding station of Khanabad village in the Khojaly district to inspect selection works as well as a new building of the veterinary laboratory. He discussed with the agents of the subordinate separatist regime issues related to agricultural development, including harvest works, using new technologies in agriculture as well as issues concerning further cooperation. 368 In November 2014, the delegation headed by Karapetyan visited the occupied territories again. The purpose of the visit was to discuss joint activities in the spheres of cattlebreeding and agricultural machines’ maintenance. 369 Seeds of different crops are supplied from Armenia and foreign countries and are generally granted to the farmers at 50-percent subsidized rates or for free. 370 The Centre of Agro-business and Rural Development of Armenia facilitates the implementation of agricultural development programmes in the occupied territories, including through supporting the activities of the so-called “Fund For Rural and Agricultural Support of the NKR”, which facilitates supply of vegetable seeds and agricultural equipment from Armenia and abroad. In October 2013, Director of the Centre of Agro-business and Rural Development of Armenia, G.Sardaryan, and Chief of Staff of the Centre, T.Aroyan, accompanied by the so-called “minister of agriculture” of the separatist regime Andranik Khachatryan, and “director” of the “Fund for Rural and Agricultural Support of the NKR”, Ashot Bakhshiyan, visited agricultural enterprises, modern dairy farms, small farms on cattle breeding and greenhouses in The Netherlands. During the visit arrangements on the supply of seeds to the occupied territories were allegedly reached with the Dutch Agrico and Enza Zaden seeds companies. 371 The Armenian Technology Group Inc. (ATG), operating in Armenia, made its “Seed Multiplication Project” available to the settlement farming in the occupied territories. Some 24 settlements in the occupied territories benefited from ATG’s seeds program. 372 Settlement produce grown by Syrian Armenians in the occupied territories │Photo from www.hetq.am│04 August 2015 “Euralis” and other seeds used to grow settlement produce in the occupied territories are provided by Armenia │Video footage from www.artsakh.tv 368 See “Armenian agricultural Minister is in Artsakh”, Artsakhtoday.com, 06 July 2012, . 369 See “Prime Minister received the RA Minister of Agriculture”, Gov.nkr.am, 07 November 2014, . 370 See “The Policy In The Agrarian Sphere Justifies Itself And Will Be Efficiently Continued In The Coming Years”, Artsakhtert.com, 17 July 2012, . 371 See “The Value of Land is in its Rational Use”, Artsakhtert.com, 19 November 2013, . 372 See “Putting Bread on the Armenian Table An Overview of the Seed Multiplication Project”, ATGUSA.org, . 61
Hayastan All Armenian Fund funded the reconstruction of the water supply system in the occupied town of Lachyn │Photo from www.himnadram.org│June 2011 Given the highly subsidized nature of agriculture in the occupied territories, 373 intensive agricultural production in those territories is heavily dependent on financial assistance and the development of water, power and transport infrastructure. To service the settlements and farming, in particular those in the Araz Valley, with the support of Armenia, about 30 km of power lines were built, pumping stations were installed, artesian water wells and roads were constructed. 374 Of particular concern is the exploitation of water resources. Armenia’s occupation of the territories of Azerbaijan allowed it to capture and divert waters of the Araz River and other rivers and their headwaters, and construct artesian wells, pump-stations and irrigation canals for the settlements’ use in the Araz Valley and elsewhere or to use their hydropower. 375 According to the Armenian statistics, as of 2013, of total 592,9 thousands hectares of agricultural lands, only 23,3 percent (138,41 thousands ha) were arable. 376 That makes access to and control of water resources, in particular in the occupied Kalbajar, Lachyn, Zangilan and Jabrayil districts, an important factor in the colonial enterprise of Armenia. 377 According to the so-called “spokesperson” of the separatist regime David Babayan, “[…] Nagorny Karabakh is in a position to almost entirely provide for its own environmental security and its water resources, and in this context the Karvachar region [Kalbajar] plays a key role… Therefore, if we lose this region the water security of Karabakh would be under serious threat.” 378 In his recent interview, Babayan asserted that “imagine that the enemy again establishes control over Karvachar where our rivers head – rivers such as Arpa and Vorotan that flow into Lake Sevan making up 80 percent of Armenia’s water resources.” 379 Faced with water deficiency of the recent years and associated decline in hydro-power generation capacities, 380 Second phase of the construction of the water supply system in the occupied town of Lachyn │Photo from www.himnadram.org│April 2013 Hayastan All Armenian Fund – Argentina branch funded the construction of the water supply system in the occupied town of Kalbajar │Photo from www.himnadram.org│August 2013 373 See “New Approaches in the State Policy of Agricultural Support”, Artsakhtert.com, 23 January 2013, . 374 See “So Different And So Alike – From Mataghis To Araxavan”, Artsakhtert.com, 25 February 2014, . 375 See “Discussion of agricultural work”, Artsakhpress.am, 11 January 2014, . 376 See “Statistical Yearbook Of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, 2007-2013”, . 377 See “Whose Hands on the Spigot? Water Security and the Nagorno Karabakh Conflict”, Streitcouncil.org, November 2014, ; “Karabakh Frontline Diary”, Hetq.am, 24 April 2010, . 378 See “Water Complicates Karabakh Peace Talks”, IWPR.net, 17 September 2010, . 379 See “Return of Territories to Azerbaijan ‘Impossible’ Says Artsakh Spokesperson”, Asbarez.com, 15 July 2015, . 380 See “Hovik Abrahamyan explains why it was necessary to increase electricity tariff”, Lurer.am, 25 June 2015, . 62
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Contents A. Introduction 5 B. Execu
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A. Introduction At the end of 1987,
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The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen co
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B. Executive Summary The examined e
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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
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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,
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Page 40 and 41: Armenia’s Dorozhnik LLC company i
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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
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Page 58 and 59: The Asmaryan family from Syria work
Page 60 and 61: Former Prime Minister Tigran Sargsy
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Page 70 and 71: Back in February 1995, the National
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Page 80 and 81: Prime Minister of Armenia Hovik Abr
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