Joint Sitting of the NKR NA Standing Committees on Science, Education, Culture, Youth and Sport and Financial-Budgetary and Economic Management conducted by the Chairman of the Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Armen Sargsyan was held on December 8.

The funding issues on science, education, culture, youth and sport provided by the draft law of “Nagorno Karabakh Republic State Budget 2015” were included into the agenda of the sitting.

Corresponding speeches on the 2015 state financial programs were made by the Minister of Education and Science, S.Asryan (assigned budget - 13,540 mln. AMD), Minister of Culture and Youth Affairs, N. Aghabalyan (budget assigned - 1.389 million. AMD) and chairman of the State Committee on Sports, R. Hovsepian (budget aasigned - 276 million. AMD).

Deputy Minister of Finance and Economy M. Hakobjanyan took part in the sitting.