Yerevan /Mediamax/. Prime Minister of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) Ara Harutyunyan ordered the people in charge of agriculture sphere and the heads of regional administrations to suppress efforts to take cattle outside of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Mediamax was informed in the press service of NKR government that, speaking at the meeting on livestock sector issues, Prime Minister noted that at present reduction of cattle stock and increase of prices for meat products is registered in Armenia, which may have its consequences in Nagorno-Karabakh as well. In this connection he stressed the necessity to intensify control over selling animals.

Prime Minister set the task of encouraging development of swine breeding, which will allow compensating for the possible reduction of meat of big and small livestock.