ArmInfo. On 23 January in Stepanakert, the President of the Republic of Artsakh Bako Sahakyan participated in the meeting of the Military Council of the Defense Army, dedicated to summing up the results of 2017 and plans for 2018. According to the press service of the President of Artsakh, in his speech the head of state touched upon the large-scale works carried out in the military construction sector in 2017, gave instructions on the proper implementation of the programs scheduled for 2018. President Sahakyan as a whole gave a satisfactory assessment of the work carried out in the field in 2017, noting that their results are obvious. Bako Sahakyan stressed that the tasks set are important and will require daily coordinated and painstaking work of all levels of command staff. "I am confident that our army, as always, will be able to effectively solve the tasks set before it, the state in turn will continue to pay attention to the sphere of military construction, will do everything possible to increase the fighting capacity of the armed forces, to solve the social problems of servicemen," the head state.