Artsakh President Arayik Harutyunyan and businessman Ruben Vardanyan met today in Stepanakert and discussed the latter’s decision to move to Artsakh and his plans to spearhead a social movement to assist the country.

Vardanyan, best known for establishing the UWC Dilijan College, the Idea Foundation, and the Armenia 2020 project, recently announced his decision move to Artsakh.

Harutyunyan, according to a statement released by his office, welcomed Vardanyan’s decision and expressed the hope it would serve as an example for others.

Vardanyan, in a press interview, said that the Armenians of Artsakh feel abandoned and forgotten in the post-war period and need the support of all Armenians.

“This is the center of Armenian identity, which has always been a place of real power for us, and we cannot allow everything that our ancestors created for thousands of years to be forgotten,” said the 54-year-old businessman known as the father of the Russian stock market.