Artsakh ramps up security for 2019 Pan-Armenian Games
14:09, 3 August, 2019
YEREVAN, AUGUST 3, ARMENPRESS. The National Security Service of Artsakh has said it is increasing security across the country for the upcoming grand opening of the 7th Pan-Armenian Games which will take place on August 5 in Stepanakert City.
This year the Games are co-hosted by Armenia and Artsakh and aside from the grand opening several tournaments will also be held in Artsakh from August 6 to 9.
In a statement released on August 2, the National Security Service (NSS) of Artsakh said “with the purpose of the safe and high level organization of the pan-Armenian significance event, NSS agents are shifting to a heightened service regime for the coming days as ordered by the NSS Director”.
The agency has also opened a temporary hot-line that will operate from August 2-10 at 047-94-41-26. The NSS asked citizens to immediately dial the number in the event of noticing a suspicious person or item anywhere in the country.
Armenia’s PM Nikol Pashinyan is expected to make an appearance at the inauguration of the 2019 Pan-Armenian Games.
The Artsakh NSS also released a video showing SWAT agents conducting drills.
Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan
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