Panorama.am

17:18 27/12/2007

TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL SUMS UP PASSING YEAR

Transparency International has called the passing year
`A year of innovations’ in terms of environmental
protection.

Sona Aivazyan, director of Transparency
International-Armenian regional development center,
said this year `the Armenian government has made a
revelation unveiling that our country is rich in
natural resources.’ Proceeding from that, Aivazyan
said the government has considered the mining industry
as a priority.

The head of the organization is sure that the changes
in the budget system that excluded additional funding
of nature protection will have a negative impact on
nature protection.

Speaking about Teghut mines, Sona Aivazyan said it may
be the first step of eating up the underground of
Armenia.

Source: Panorama.am