“This is the first snowflakes of a wrong policy, it was not settled as a former pa

Florists in Armenia, in particular, small and medium-sized ones, will face a problem again from tomorrow, because the Russian Federation, “Rosselkhoznadzor”, restricts the import of flowers from Armenia, starting from May 22.

“Despite the guarantees provided by the RA Ministry of Education, quarantine plants for the Ministry of Agriculture continue to be found. During the importation of 96.2 million flowers and plants, 135 such cases were recorded, which is 77 percent of the total cases detected in the entire year 2025. noted “Rosselkhoznadzor”.

Former Deputy Minister of Agriculture Ashot Harutyunyan speaking about this problem, he noted that everyone knows where this problem comes from, i.e., it is the use of “soft power” and is a consequence of incorrect policies.

“Okay, let’s admit that there is such a problem, it means that they should have dealt with the departmental bodies in a purely professional manner, in a systematic way, especially since this problem is repeated from time to time. And if the problem is repeated from time to time, it means that there is a global professional failure, starting from the professional measures, which should be related to the protection of plants, and ending in terms of observing individual rules.

I repeat: the departmental bodies have failed, it is not necessary that all farmers and florists master the professional nuances, even more so, according to the legislation. These people should be given professional advice and support, the state should stand and support these people.” 168.amAshot Harutyunyan mentioned in a conversation with

According to him, individuals make big investments, but such issues will lead to big problems, and people, facing the fact, will go not only to bankruptcy, but also to economic destruction.

“It is an absolute failure, regardless of what the head of the departmental body will interpret or what he will say, this is about performing high-quality professional work, which is lacking at the moment, the functions are performed incompletely. The state should stand by its farmer in all respects.

There is a legislative and professional gap, at the same time, there is no appropriate support from the Government, finances have not gone in the right direction. This means that the funds saved by the state, the taxes received from pensioners and others, were unnecessarily wasted, instead of benefiting, they caused harm,” Ashot Harutyunyan emphasized.

According to our interlocutor, the problem is also related to interstate relations, on the principle of “you to me, I to you”.

“It is clear that declarations are made in different tones, in different places, from Armenia and Russia, without assessing the consequences. If such a thing is done on purpose, then the consequences will be borne by ordinary people – greenhouse owners, farmers. These are the first snowdrops of incorrect policy, the use of “soft power”. If the issues are not resolved by May 28, the tone is not changed, the EAEU regulations issues are not resolved, both behind the scenes and in the relevant meetings, at this moment, as a former official, I am warning that the consequences will be much more severe. And it will be even destructive for farmers and greenhouse owners,” Ashot Harutyunyan emphasized.

Let’s remind that after the Government session today, Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan, addressing the issue in a briefing with journalists, said that there are specialists from “Rosselkhoznadzor” in Armenia, who conduct studies in specific companies.

“Those are companies that were closed, if there is a positive conclusion, the possibility of export will be opened. I think they are current work situations, of course, I do not rule out that there are certain forces in Armenia that are trying to create a certain situation so that Armenian producers in Russia face problems. We receive such information regularly, but we are also able to solve such problems in parallel.” had noted he.

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