Noyan Tapan News Agency, Armenia
Oct 12 2007

"ALL REFORMS IMPLEMENTED IN CAPITAL ARE DIRECTED AT SETTLEMENT OF
SOCIAL PROBLEMS OF POPULATION," MAYOR OF YEREVAN SAYS

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 12, NOYAN TAPAN. The "Day of Yerevan" festival
dedicated to the 2789th anniversary of the foundation of Yerevan
started with a great concert held in the Opera and Ballet National
Academic Theater after Al. Spendiarian on October 11. Serge Sargsian,
the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, other officials, as
well as guests, who had arrived from different countries, were
present at the concert.

Yervand Zakharian, the Mayor of Yerevan, mentioned in his speech that
1/3 of the population of the republic, about half of the industrial
enterprises, most of the cultural and scientific offices are
concentrated in the capital. In his words, the macro-economic indices
of the capital essentially surpass those of the previous 10-12 years
taken together, the volumes of investments being implemented in all
the spheres of the economy of the city have increased for the past
five years.

"Today most of the population of Yerevan is provided with components
of everyday facilities of primary importance: gas supply, water
supply . However, the sphere that is very prominent among
restorations being implemented in the capital is the urban
development, which develops, justifying the expectations of our
people," Yervand Zakharian mentioned. In the words of the latter, all
the reforms envisaged and being implemented in the capital are
directed at the solution of the social problems and the improvement
of the standards of life of the population.

Exercising the decision of the Council of Yerevan, Yervand Zakharian
handed diplomas of citizens of honor of Yerevan to Martin
Vardazarian, an RA artist of honor, and prose-writer Aghasi Ayvazian.

Author: Hakobian Hasmik
Editor: Eghian Robert