March 17,  a closed discussion on the issue "Problems and Actions of State Administration and Local Self-government Bodies in the Field of Civil Defense under Martial Law" was organised at the initiative of the Standing Committee on Defense, Security and Law Enforcement in the Parliament of Artsakh, which was also attended by the NA President Artur Tovmasyan.

The discussion was attended by State Minister of the Republic of Artsakh Gurgen Nersisyan, Minister of Finance and Economy of the Republic of Artsakh Vahram Baghdasaryan, Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures of the Republic of Artsakh Suren Galstyan, Acting Minister of Urban Development of the Republic of Artsakh Azat Hambardzumyan, Mayor of Stepanakert David Sargsyan, Director of the State Emergency Situations Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Colonel Mekhak Arzumanyan, First Deputy Commander-in-Chief, Chief of Staff of the Defense Army of the Republic of Artsakh, Colonel Samvel Grigoryan, Advisor to the President of the Republic of Artsakh Grigory Sahakyan, Chairman of the Public Council of the Republic of Artsakh Armen Gevorgyan.