ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT APPROVES LIST OF MEASURES ON IMPROVEMENT OF GARNI-GEGHARD TOURIST ROUTE

NOYAN TAPAN

Dec 18, 2008
YEREVAN

At the December 17 sitting, the Armenian government approved the list
of measures on improvement of the Garni-Geghard tourist route.

According to the RA Government Information and PR Department, it
was established that the annex of the decision envisages measures
(except for Point 4) to be implemented by the respective responsible
bodies at the expense of state budgetary resources allocated for their
activities. The RA minister of finance was instructed to submit a
proposal to the government within a month regarding allocation of 29
mln drams (about 95 thousand USD) to Kotayk regional administration
from the reserve fund of the government with the aim of implementing
the measure envisaged by Point 4 of the annex: organization of regular
garbage collection in Goghti community and communities included in
the Garni-Geghard tourist route.

The bodies responsible for implementation of the measures envisaged by
the decision were instructed to submit information on the measure’s
implementation to the RA minister of economy within 10 days after
the end of the implementation period. By another instruction, the RA
minister of transport and communication is to submit a proposal on
ensuring the servicing of the first kilometer of the motorway from
the border of Yerevan’s Nor Nork community to Jrvezh community to the
government within a week. The RA minister of economy was instructed
to submit a summary report on the measures implemented during 15 days
to the government after receiving the above mentioned information
envisaged by 4th point of the decision.