YEREVAN, MAY 18, ARMENPRESS. Before the start of the regular session of the Artsakh National Assembly on May 18, Artsakh National Assembly Speaker Artur Tovmasyan made a statement addressed to the President of the Republic, in which he proposed to create a State Defense Committee and include Ruben Vardanyan and Samvel Babayan in it. As ARMENPRESS was informed from the press service of the National Assembly of Artsakh, the statement reads as follows,