PRESIDENT AND ECOLOGY MINISTER DISCUSS LAKE SEVAN AND OTHER ISSUES
Armenpress
Jun 13 2006
YEREVAN, JUNE 13, ARMENPRESS: President Robert Kocharian and nature
protection minister Vartan Ayvazian discussed today a set of issues
regarding the growing level of Lake Sevan, effective use of mineral
resources and management of state-run reserves.
Kocharian’s press office said the minister said the level of the lake
has risen 2.8 meters flooding many areas which he said are being now
cleaned. The president ordered to regulate the procedure of setting
fees for use of natural resources and apply more efforts to detect
shadow businesses in this sector and ensure transparency in holding
tenders for use of mineral resources.
The two men also spoke about development of ecological tourism,
restoration of forests and air pollution.