RESIDENTS OF 2 ARMENIAN VILLAGES OF BORZHOM REGION HOLD REGULAR ACTION
OF PROTEST AGAINST “BRITISH PETROLEUM”

AKHALKALAK, JULY 1, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The residents of
Armenian villages of Tapatsghur and Molit of Borzhom region organized
a regular action of protest against the “British Petroleum” (BP)
company that ordered the construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil
pipeline, stopping the pipeline’s construction on June 28. In the
villagers’ affirmation, those carrying out the pipeline’s construction
didn’t completely pay them the compensation in connection with
building the pipeline through the village territory. In particular,
it’s envisaged to use a territory with a width of 66 meters instead of
former 44 meters in the village of Molit at the full length of the oil
pipeline. Tapatsghur village residents consider that they need the
respective revenues from the village budget in order to use the
sand-pits in the village territory. Georgy Papuashvili, Georgian
Minister of Environmental Conservation, arrived in the region in
connection with the incident and promised to help the villagers in
getting the compensation. According to the A-Info agency, the
residents of the village of Ghado of Akhalkalak region also have such
a problem.