HUNTSMAN CORPORATION TO CONTINUE IMPLEMENTING CHARITY PROGRAMS IN ARMENIA

YEREVAN, AUGUST 24, NOYAN TAPAN. Receiving on August 23 the delegation
headed by Jon Huntsman, the founder and Chairman of the Huntsman
Corporation, RA Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian attached special
importance to the great assistance shown to the Armenian people by
the coorporation, especially the investments made in the disaster
zone. According to the information submitted to Noyan Tapan by the RA
Foreign Ministry’s Press and Information Department, J.Huntsman briefly
presented the programs implemented in Armenia by the corporation till
now, as well as those projects which they intend to implement in the
nearest future. He, particularly, envisages foundation of a hospital on
examining cancer and allocation of scholarship to people who wants to
get education in the U.S. The Huntsman corporation implements numerous
charity programs in Armenia. In parallel with the assistance shown
by a number of international organizations after the 1988 earthquake,
the corporation implemented numerous construction works in the disaster
zone and donated 2.1 mln U.S. dollars.

During the years after the disaster and till now, the Huntsman family
gave food, clothes, different domestic goods of total cost of 18 mln
U.S. dollars.

Family members paid about 40 visits to Armenia.