Do NGO’s Ruin Our Country?

DO NGO-S RUIN OUR COUNTRY?

Panorama.am
18:57 11/11/2008

The environmental non governmental organizations are concerned with
the recent opinions round their mission in the country, especially
after publication of "Green store purchasing country" article. In
this regard environmental NGO-s and NGO-s in general collected in a
round table meeting to discuss their mission and role.

"This is not the first time ecological NGO-s are blamed to ruin
the country being financed by international organizations. That
article is just a reason for us to gather and to discuss our role,"
says Inga Zarafyan, the President of "EcoLur" information NGO. The
representatives of the NGO-s expressed their concerns on not providing
information to them.

Artsrun Pepanyan, the head of public relations department of the
Ministry of Environmental Protection says that the Ministry has always
supported the NGO-s and has taken them into account.