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    Emil Lazarian
  • 6 years ago
    • Categories: 2020

Armenia saw 95 forest fires in one day, minister says

Panorama, Armenia

At a government meeting on Thursday, Armenia’s Minister of Emergency Situations Feliks Tsolakyan said that the number of fires has increased dramatically in the country in recent days, which is not typical of this time of year.

Informing that employees of the ministry are facing some difficulties while moving from one place to another and putting out fires, the minister asked the local governments to seriously deal with the problem.

“Villagers gather and burn leaves, residues of their orchards. But then they fail to monitor the process and the fire spreads,” he said.

“There are fires for other reasons, too. We have forest fires that are not typical of this season. For example, we recorded 95 fires yesterday,” Feliks Tsolakyan said.

Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan proposed Vache Terteryan, Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure, to discuss the issue with Feliks Tsolakyan and implement measures, involving regional administrations in them. 

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS