IN RA PRIME MINISTER’S OPINION, DEVELOPMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SPHERE IS CONDITIONED BY SUCCESS OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

Noyan Tapan
April 21, 2008

YEREVAN, APRIL 21, NOYAN TAPAN. On April 21, RA Prime Minister Tigran
Sargsian introduced reappointed Minister of Environmental Protection
Aram Haroutiunian to the Ministry’s personnel. In Prime Minister’s
opinion, the Minister’s capabilities and organization abilities can
serve for solution of the problems faced by the sphere.

Touching upon environmental protection problems, T. Sargsian did not
consider right the approach that they should be considered secondary
in countries being at the stage of poverty reduction. According to
him, it is much easier to prevent a natural calamity than to struggle
against its consequences later. In that respect T. Sargsian attached
importance to introduction of the best standards in the Armenia’s
environmental protection sphere.

The Prime Minister considered environmental education as the sphere’s
strategic problem. In his words, it is very important that citizens be
bearers of environmental protection culture. "Otherwise we will not
succeed in any sphere. The solution of the rest important problems
set before the Ministry depends on this," T. Sargsian said.