PRESIDENTIAL SUPERVISORY SERVICE SAVES GREEN AREA IN YEREVAN

YEREVAN, JULY 15. ARMINFO. A green zone in front of building 28, Isahakyan
street in Yerevan was saved after intervention of the Presidential
Supervisory Service.

Journalists signals to various instances did not produce any results before.
It was not until the journalists applied to Presidential Spokesman Ashot
Kocharian that the President was informed of the fact. The construction in
the land-plot has been suspended, and planting of trees and bushes has even
begun. Talking to ARMINFO, Edmon Zakharyan, Press Secretary of the Yerevan
Mayor, “credited” the salvation of the green zone in the center of Yerevan
to his boss Yervand Zakharyan. He stressed that this is a testimony to the
Mayor’s determination to battle illegal construction and destruction of
green zones.

We would remind you that a 5-meter-deep pit was to be dug in the plot of
land with an area of 500sq. meters for the construction of an entertainment
club. According to yet unconfirmed information, the construction was
sponsored by RA Minister of Territorial Administration and Coordination of
Infrastructures Hovik Abramyan. This is the first example of a favorable
outcome of a conflict over green areas between the public and high-ranking
officials.