A NUMBER OF ARMENIAN ECOLOGICAL NGOs COMPLAIN OF ILLEGAL CONSTRUCTION
OVER YEREVAN’S GREEN AREAS

YEREVAN, JULY 24. ARMINFO. A number of Armenian ecological NGOs are
collecting signatures to apply to court with facts of illegal
construction over Yerevan’s green areas.

The leader of Social-Ecological Party of Armenia Armen Dovlatyan says
that the claim will be filed as soon as 5,000-10,000 signatures are
collected. A number of political forces among them Justice bloc,
Communist Party, Ramkavar Azatakan, Liberal Progressive Party,
National Democratic Bloc have agreed to join the action. Dovlatyan
says that in court the facts will be qualified as high treason.

He says that the NGOs are also going to apply to foreign embassies in
Armenia particularly he embassies of Canada and Switzerland so that
they prevent the construction projects carried out by their respective
citizens at the detriment of Yerevan’s green zones. Particularly, the
Armenian office of Frank Mueller i planning to carry out some
construction in the Dalma orchards while some Canadian has launched a
construction project in the area of the Victory Park. Also building
in Dalma are businessman Ruben Hayrapetyan, football player Khoren
Hovhannissyan, Armenian-Italian company Renco-Armenia.

Building in the Victory Park are Territorial Administration and
Infrastructure Coordination Hovik Abrahamyan, Center community prefect
Gagik Beglaryan and many other officials.

Dovlatyan says that if necessary the NGOs are ready to ask European
structures particularly the European Parliament’s Ecological
Commission to hold a monitoring in Armenia. “We have repeatedly
offered cooperation to the government but have received no response,”
says Dovlatyan.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress