September 22, 2003 - 23:43 AMT
$35 MILLION INVESTED IN NAGORNO KARABAKH ECONOMY WITHIN 3 YEARS
$35 million have been invested in Nagorno Karabakh economy during the recent three years, as NKR prime minister Anushavan Daniyelian stated addressing Armenia-Diaspora first economic forum that opened today in Yerevan. In his words, 25 million of this sum was invested by foreign businessmen, while Armenian and local businessmen invested 10 million, correspondingly 5 million each. Mostly the investors are our compatriots from the US, Russia and Belgium, Daniyelian said. In his words, the investments were made for reconstruction of economy, ruined in result of the military operations as well as for the development of its private sector. The prime minister emphasized that NKR economy is developing in hard conditions what is connected with the factor of non-recognition the independence of the republic by the international community.