Author: Badalian Vardan

MP of ARF Proposed That Government Resign

Discussion of the program of government continues at the National
Assembly. Member of Parliament Artsvik Minasyan, ARF, said the program
of the government is composed of demagogy and toasts. He noted that
there is no word on energy, transport, new nuclear plant, agricultural
reforms, Artsvik Minasyan said.

`What do we want to show our citizens? You can attract by tourism,
biotoilets, whatever you want, citizens are unemployed,’ Artsvik
Minasyan said. He noted that the government has derived some
provisions from the program of the ARF but since it is not theirs,
they remained declarative statements. He noted that there is not a
specific program of creating jobs. Artsvik Minasyan said this
government will be guilty for loss of our statehood.

`The number of people devoid of pro-nation thinking has increased,
they are increasing every day. If you cannot fight them, you had
better resign honestly. If you fight, we are with you, go ahead. If
you do not fight and you do not resign, the rest is demagogy, I’m
sorry,’ Artsvik Minasyan said.

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Trend, Azerbaijan
May 21 2013

Foreign Ministry: Azerbaijan hopes stagnation in Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict resolution will be overcome

Azerbaijan, Baku, May 21 / Trend, E.Tariverdiyeva /

Azerbaijan hopes that the stagnation in the process of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution will be overcome, Azerbaijani
Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said at a joint press conference
with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Rossiya 24 TV channel
reported on Tuesday.

“Moscow and Baku considered the agenda of Russian-Azerbaijani
relations and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is the biggest problem
that Azerbaijan faces,” Mammadyarov said.

According to Mammadyarov it is necessary to double or even triple the
efforts to address this difficult, but resolvable conflict.
“Relations between Azerbaijan and Russia are very positive in terms of
different areas. Our associations are developing in positive direction
in terms of the economic point of view and bilateral relations in
accordance with the agreement on strategic partnership, signed by the
presidents in 2008 and we are acting within this document,”
Mammadyarov said.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.

Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, France and the U.S. are
currently holding peace negotiations.

Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council’s four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.

Mammadyarov said that over the past two years despite the meetings of
the conflict parties’ foreign ministers, no specifics have been
achieved in the process.

“The formula of actions agreed by the two sides is simple. The
Armenian side would undertake the de-occupation of Azerbaijani
territories and the Azerbaijani side was responsible for the security
and the interim status for Nagorno-Karabakh and the restoration of a
normal situation in the region,” Mammadyarov said.

According to the minister, the parties have held active negotiations
at presidential level, as a result of which the ‘Updated Madrid
principles’ were adopted in Athens in 2008, but the Armenian side
refused to work on the ‘Great Peace Agreement’. Unfortunately, after
the last meeting of the presidents in Sochi, the negotiations stalled.

“Azerbaijan’s position is consolidated with the OSCE Minsk Group,
including the presidents of the co-chair countries at the point that
the status quo is unacceptable and inadequate to the situation,”
Mammadyarov said.

He said today at the meeting with his Russian counterpart in Moscow,
they reached an agreement that one should not rest, but must triple
efforts in this context.

“Our position is consolidated with the ‘Updated Madrid principles’ and
I am pleased that Armenia has recently stated that it agrees with
these points. We believe it is necessary to begin work on a
comprehensive peace agreement.

“However, the biggest problem is the presence of Armenian troops on
the territory of Azerbaijan. If there is political will, we will be
able to reach the level of quite good neighbourly relations with
Armenia,” Mammadyarov said.

Cihan News Agency (CNA), Turkey
May 20, 2013 Monday

We make peace with ourselves as we integrate with the world

ISTANBUL (CIHAN)- Los Angeles — Turkey is quickly developing and
making sure-footed progress toward a more peaceful and more prosperous
future, despite a number of problems and fair criticisms.

The greatest irreversible guarantee for the continuation of this
progress in the right direction is Turkey’s ever-increasing
integration with the world and the international community. As it
integrates further with the world’s extremely diversified cultures and
civilizations, Turkey is starting to welcome the diverse cultures
inside which were hurt by the past’s socio-cultural fault lines
created by the stereotyped approaches maintained until recently.
Indeed, as its integration with the world grows, Turkey realizes the
need for repairing these fault lines. As it mingles with the world, it
benchmarks itself against the criteria valued by the international
community and in the process it tries to understand its true identity.
The more it integrates with the world, the more peaceful it grows
internally and the more respectful it tries to be in its treatment of
different religions, languages and cultures within the country.

There is no doubt that the reforms the ruling Justice and Development
Party (AKP) implemented in the political and legal spheres during the
early years of its power, as well as the activities of civil society
actors, play an important role in this. Some activities spearheaded by
civil society may even produce more successful results than the public
programs conducted with huge budgetary resources. The activities
performed by the Hizmet movement, inspired by Mr. Fethullah Gülen, a
well-respected Turkish-Islamic scholar, in the most unexpected
locations around the world top the list of such successful activities.
One such event was the Anatolian Cultures and Food Festival, held in
Orange County, Los Angeles from May 16 to 19.

With its fourth instance being held this year, the festival has
already evolved into a major opportunity for promoting Turkish and
Anatolian cultures. The festival in Los Angeles not only manages to
bring together Turks living in the western parts of the US, but it
also offers a meeting ground for Turks, other Muslim communities,
Anatolian Armenians and their American friends. The festival may be
unable to secure much coverage from the Turkish media, but each year
the US media networks are showing greater interest in this festival
that seeks to bring Turkish history, culture and cuisine to the
attention of the US public. This is well-evidenced in that the number
of visitors to the festival increases every year. This year, the
festival lasted for four days, ending on Sunday evening and the
organizers were expecting to attract a total of some 70,000 visitors.
The impression they got from the crowds of people who paid $12 to
enter the festival area that extended for some 55,000 square meters
with exact replicas of the works of 14 different Anatolian
civilizations, was that they would reach this target.

The festival had very interesting concepts, choreography and
architecture. Visitors entered the festival area through the
“Civilizations Path,” which consists of 14 gates each representing
different civilizations: the Hittite Empire, the Kingdom of Commagene,
Lydia, the Persian Empire, the Urartu State (Armenians), the Phrygia,
the Ionian Civilization, Assyria, Troy, the Roman Empire, the
Byzantine Empire, the Great Seljuk Empire, the Ottoman Empire and the
Turkish Republic. At each gate, actors wearing traditional costumes
from each civilization welcomed and greeted the visitors.

Three dimensional giant-sized replicas of seven different cities of
Anatolia — Istanbul, Konya, Mardin, Van, Izmir, Gaziantep, Adiyaman
and Kilis — and the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul were assembled with
panoramic backgrounds. Artisans traveling all the way from Turkey
displayed and demonstrated many traditional handicrafts like
hand-woven carpets, the arts of water marbling, calligraphy,
stone-carving and filigree work during the four-day festival. The
Armenian Church of the Holy Cross on the island of Akhtamar that also
that sat on the festival grounds, amazingly realistic from the inside
and the outside even at two-fifths of its actual size, was one of the
most visited places at the festival.

The replica of the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul housed more than 120
booths with food, handicrafts, souvenirs and art exhibits. Just like
the real Grand Bazaar, visitors could walk through the booths
displaying hand-made jewelry, scarves, lucky charms and hand-woven
carpet displays accompanied by Anatolian hospitality.

Visitors were drawn to 99 different kinds of food, including kebabs
and döner (gyros), various kinds of desserts including baklava,
dumplings, and the world-famous tough and stretchy Maras ice cream.
Visitors were also able to refresh themselves with a cup of Turkish
coffee or several glasses of tea at another busy spot of the festival
area named The Traditional Coffeehouse. The Anatolian Cultures and
Food Festival was a feast for all five senses.

The festival, organized by the Pacifica Institute that conducts its
activities in the western parts of the US, is depicted as the most
gorgeous event of May on the art calendar of Los Angeles. Ahead of the
exhibition, newspapers and TV networks run detailed reports about the
activities planned.

Many media networks attend and cover the festival. Thus, one can
easily stumble upon a reporter and a TV cameraman doing interviews
with the festival attendees. “Discovering Turkey” was the theme for
this year’s festival and to make that happen, hundreds of tons of
promotional materials were transported from Turkey to the US in some
30 shipping containers.

With the labors of many well-known professionals, renowned architects
and artisans who worked tirelessly for the festival, Anatolia was
remodeled in Los Angeles. The giant replicas of the Trojan Horse, the
Nimroud Ruins, the Fountain of Ahmet the Third, the Rumi Museum, the
Maiden’s Tower, the Akhtamar Church, the Grand Bazaar, the Ephesus
Theater, the House of the Virgin Mary and other landmarks were
constructed in order to better portray the Anatolian civilizations and
history. Topkapi Palace was reconstructed in its full splendor, from
its harem to the Holy Relics. The professional actors who portrayed
sultans sitting on their thrones, grand viziers, viziers, harem aghas,
or janissaries took visitors hundreds of years back in time. Concerts
with different music styles were held simultaneously in different
parts of the festival area, allowing visitors could enjoy concerts by
the mehteran, watch the whirling dervishes and see different folklore
groups perform. They could also attend conferences on a number of
subjects or participate in cooking courses.

Interest in the festival is not restricted to Turks living in the US
or to friends of Turkey. Politicians from virtually every political
party in Turkey and many journalists, artists and cultural figures
from Turkey attended the festival this year. The festival also
attracted many visitors from the US Congress and the California’s
State Assembly. The festival, which was run by some 400 volunteers
from a diversity of nations — including many Turks — and by a
multitude of professions/occupations, was also attended by many US
Congressmen, including Ed Royce, Loretta Sanchez, Michael Honda, Dana
Rohrabacher and Allen Lowenthal, a member of the House Committee on
Foreign Affairs (HFAC) and this is strong proof of the lobbying
potential of the festival. This is further indicated by the fact that
the local mayor declared May 18 to be Turkey Day.

The best bit was the full harmony achieved among volunteers, visitors
and guests of honor. Even the borders between political parties grew
more indistinct, albeit temporarily. Turks, Kurds, Armenians, Greeks,
Jews, Alevis, Sunnis, leftists and rightists who came from Turkey
shared the same enthusiasm. Americans with different religious,
linguistic and racial backgrounds, as well as thousands of Turks
living in the US and enjoying different lifestyles were solely
occupied with getting their share of the enthusiasm created by the
festival.

The calls to prayer were openly recited and Muslims performed their
ritual prayers in a big congregation in the space allocated to them.
The Armenian Church of the Holy Cross on the island of Akhtamar, the
Church of the Virgin Mary and the Soumela Monastery, built in sizes
close to their originals, were located opposite of the Muslim praying
grounds and to watch Turks and Armenian dance halay together was the
best proof of the unifying power of the festival. There is a reason
that I argue that Turkey makes peace inside as it integrates with the
world. The festival in Los Angeles supports my case in the best way.

BÜLENT KENES (Cihan/Today’s Zaman) CIHAN

Los Angeles Times, CA
May 21 2013

6 new beers to try: Inspirations include citrus, Armenian coffee and … wood

By John Verive
May 20, 2013, 1:12 p.m.
Summer’s coming up quick, and the Southland’s craft breweries are
preparing a varied slate of new brews to bottle (or can) for your
summertime celebrations.
Summer Ale and IPAs

Golden Road Brewing has begun to can a new seasonal beer for the
warmer months; their new Cabrillo Kolsch will be available in
four-packs of colorful 16-ounce cans beginning this week. Check your
local Whole Foods or craft beer bottle shop for the light and
refreshing ale that will be a perfect pool-side libation.

In the mood for something hoppier? You no longer have to hoard cans of
the fan-favorite Wolf Among Weeds from the Atwater Village brewery;
they’ve made the hoppy double IPA a year-round release with new
batches rolling out to retailers regularly. Golden Road also has a new
IPA headed to cans in June. Heal the Bay IPA is a citrus-forward IPA
that generated some good buzz when it premiered at the Santa Monica
Pier’s Earth Day Celebration. The beer was brewed in partnership with
the nonprofit organization dedicated to improving Southern
California’s coast areas, and proceeds from the IPA will benefit Heal
the Bay’s efforts.

Coffee stout

Beachwood Brewing is prepping another special bottle release, and it’s
time for another big stout from the acclaimed Long Beach brewpub.
System of a Stout is an “imperial Armenian coffee stout” brewed with
molasses, green cardamom and a custom Armenian coffee blend from
Portola Coffee Labs. The unique beer will be available in 22-ounce
bottles around town beginning on Friday, and it is sure to go quickly.

Big, barrel-aged brews

Orange County’s the Bruery is celebrating its fifth anniversary
throughout May, and the festivities culminate in the anticipated
release of its anniversary brew. Every year the brewers blend a
special beer inspired by the traditional wedding gifts — their first
anniversary brew was Papier, the second Cotton — and this year’s
brew, Bois, is a celebration of wood. The brewers took potent strong
ale and aged it in a bourbon barrel resulting in a 15% ABV beast with
big flavor to match its boozy punch. A 750 milliliter bottle will run
you about $30, and it should be on shelves by the end of May.

Saison Tonnellerie is a new beer made for the Preservation Society —
the Bruery’s beer subscription service — and the oaky and slightly
tart farmhouse ale will get limited distribution in L.A. and Orange
counties this month as well.

Whether you want a light, refreshing summer ale, a hoppy IPA, or a
high-ABV brew for that special occasion, Southern California breweries
are packaging some exciting new brews that will make for a very beer-y
summer.

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A Tale of Two Operas

EDITORIAL | MAY 21, 2013 5:17 PM

By Edmond Y. Azadian

With the spectacular and complete disappearance of the iron curtain,
millions of people who had been trapped behind it, suddenly were
exposed to the rest of the world. There was a deluge of Western
cultural trends inundating the former Soviet republics. Armenia, being
one of them, proved to be defenseless against invading trends. First
the worst trends took hold among the general public starved of
European and Western fads, along with mind-controlling religious
sects.

The oligarchs, their children and their families traveling abroad
learned very quickly which luxury cars to drive, which fashion houses
were the hippest and on which plush resorts to waste their money.
However, the West’s finer offerings in the arts and literature proved
to be harder to absorb.

The cross-fertilization of contrasting cultural trends have left many
people confused, and even some experts at that.

In the heyday of Soviet power, Stalin had pontificated that the Soviet
Union had everything its people needed and that whatever the Soviets
had in any given area, was the best. But with the collapse of the
Soviet empire, people realized the empire did not have everything and
that whatever it had was certainly not the best. Since habits and
long-held perceptions die slowly, people and experts in certain fields
feel too insecure to question their long-held beliefs.

These contradictions came into the open when Serge Avedikian, a movie
director from France, came up with the new interpretation of the
Armenian national opera, `Anoush.’ A group of respectable artists and
performers addressed an open letter to President Serge Sargisian to
ban the performance of the opera in France, which was scheduled for
May, `to save Armenia’s honor’ and not to desecrate the legacy of poet
Hovannes Toumanyan, the author of the lyrics, and the composer, Armen
Tigranian.

This reminds us of the Soviet period when books by Gurgen Mahari and
Vartkess Petrossyan were subjected to auto de fe, because they did not
conform to the ideological straitjacket of some influential leaders or
palace critics.

The open letter was succeeded by another article signed by Archbishop
Arsen Berberian, a prominent singer in his own right, this time
criticizing the sexuality featured in Avedikian’s `Anoush.’

At the end of the 100-minute performance, some members of the audience
began to applaud, while others began hurling insults at the director,
most vocal among them conductor Ara Petrosyan, son of Avak Petrosyan,
associated for many decades with the role of `Saro’ in the same opera.
He later followed with a critical article in the daily Azg.

A popular actor, Stepan Danilyan, reacting to the outpouring of
criticism, said, `This is the 21st century. Why does `Anoush’
absolutely have to be wearing brogues and smell like manure?’

The new version of `Anoush’ triggered a controversy, pitting the
so-called traditionalists against the progressives, both still caught
in the web of Soviet-era biases.

The judgments of both camps is compromised by the limitations of their
knowledge, and the still-lingering belief of having proprietary
license on any artistic project. Simply put, `We know best and
Diaspora Armenians have to learn from us.’

This state of mind is proven by the fact that in this entire debate,
no references have been made to the presentations of `Anoush’ at
Detroit’s Michigan Opera Theater (MOT) twice, in 1981 and 2001, to
critical acclaim. Not only did the local music critics give it kudos,
but even other American critics ranked the performances of `Anoush’ as
`the best of the season,’ competing with `Tosca’ and `Carmen.’ The New
York Times critic praised Tigranian’s music and titled his article,
“Anoush,’ An Armenian Classic.’ In 1981, `Anoush’ was performed on a
professional stage in the Western world for the first time. In 2001,
when 20 days later, the MOT produced Anoush again, the London Opera
international magazine wrote, `This `Anoush’ should not have to wait
another 20 years to be seen again.’ Further proof of Tigranian’s
quality!

A similar controversy occurred in 2001, when San Francisco Opera
featured `Arshak II,’ by Dikran Tchouhadjian, the first Armenian opera
ever written.

Some expats from Armenia, former singers and musicians of parochial
caliber, even tried to sue the director of the opera for not including
them in the cast, but above all for having opted for the performance
of Tchouhadjian’s original rather than the doctored version from the
Stalin era. That cost the Armenians the disgust of opera management,
and as a result, since then, it has not considered any other Armenian
opera, nor is it expected to in the near future.

The lines of battle have been drawn and the antagonistic camps are
dead-set against each other. As constricting as the Soviet-era,
government-sanctioned cultural definitions and limitations were, so
are the West’s `we-know-culture’ attitude, shooting down any
references outside the European norm.

It would be unfair to pass judgment from a distance without viewing
the new performance by Avedikian, who certainly enjoys wide respect as
an actor and filmmaker in the French film industry, but with limited
musical knowledge, even with less handle on Toumanian’s literary
heritage, we have gotten the sense from the Armenian protestors that
he was about to sell snake oil to the Armenian opera goers using his
reputation as a movie director and France’s cultural aura.

Whatever the outcome is, it is a healthy debate between art
aficionados. But as they criticize each other, a little circumspection
could be useful. More useful, of course, would be to have full command
of the relevant facts. Armenia needs the civilized debate, especially
in the fields of art and literature.

No revolution will be helpful, but evolution is necessary.

Region Research Center: There still are lots of questions to
Azerbaijan’s last information campaign

ARMINFO
Tuesday, May 21, 19:57

There still are lots of questions to Azerbaijan’s last information
campaign even now that the Azerbaijani Parliament has refuted the
report that it is going to adopt a law
stipulating criminal penalty for Azerbaijani individuals and NGOs that
will cooperate with Armenia before “the occupied territories are
liberated.”

“In any case we are going to continue doing what we have done so far.
We are going to organize online interviews with international experts
and to ask them to comment on this situation. It would be a pity to
see cancelled all we have done in the last years – and we have done a
lot. The very fact that Armenians and Azerbaijanis have begun to
contact and to regard each other as human beings rather than beasts is
already a big result, and it would be wrong now to put a barrier to
possible understanding between the two nations,” Baghdasaryan said.

She believes that if adopted the abovementioned law would be a blow on
all the projects organized by the Armenian and Azerbaijani communities
so far. “It would be contrary to the interests of both communities”,
Baghdasaryan said.

Supported by the British embassies in Armenia and Azerbaijan, Region
Research Center (Armenia) and Peace and Democracy Institute
(Azerbaijan) organize joint online press conferences of experts from
various countries for Armenian and Azerbaijani mass media concerning
urgent problems. The interviews are part of a project aimed to expand
knowledge of Armenians and Azerbaijani about each other and to build
confidence through first-hand information.

Armenia should develop alternative energy sources

Tuesday,
May 21

Russia is not putting pressure on Armenia by raising the price of
natural gas supplied to Armenia, political scientist Levon Shirinian
told Aysor.am.

`We should not give way to anti-Russian hysteria. Russia raises prices
of energy carriers for other countries as well. Energy carriers are
expensive worldwide and nobody is obliged to sell their natural
resources at low prices,’ L. Shirinian said.

He expressed an opinion that Armenia should consider using alternative
energy sources. `For example, there are 2,500 hours of sunny days in
Armenia a year and it is necessary to use new technology to develop
this sphere. Strangely enough, the issue has not yet been discussed at
the state level,’ the political scientist noted.

According to him, the development of alternative energy and
energy-saving technologies may mitigate the hike in gas price.

TODAY, 17:48
Aysor.am

Ruben Hayrapetian testifies at Harsnakar case trial

Tuesday,
May 21

Former deputy of Armenia’s National Assembly Ruben Hayrapetian
appeared in the courtroom today during the `Harsnakar case’ trial. He
refused to tell reporters about his status at the trial, A1Plus.am
said.

We would remind you that on June 17, 2012, military doctor Vahe
Avetian was beaten to death at the Harsnakar Restaurant owned by Ruben
Hayrapetian’s family.

TODAY, 20:20
Aysor.am

Armenia’s former premier: Actually, state budget revenues do not grow in Armenia

ARMINFO
Tuesday, May 21, 18:19

In the conditions when 250 thsd people left Armenia for the last 5
years, and allegedly 6% growth of economy was ensured, one cannot say
about success of the previous programme of the government, the former
premier of Armenia, leader of the Freedom party, Hrant Bagratyan, said
in the parliament today when commenting on the Armenian government’s
programme for 2013-2017.

He said that actually, the state budget revenues do not grow in
Armenia. At first sight, it seems that we have the growth from 600
billion drams up to 1 trillion drams, but if we compare the last
figure with tax administration and inflation, it will become clear
that the budget ensured no growth. “What does the point about the
necessity of raising of the level of tax administration mean? Such a
process should be permanent in any government and in any state of the
world”, – Hrant Bagratyan said and added that this point cannot be a
programme thesis. At the same time, there is no word in the programme
about the 7 million Armenian Diaspora which nsures the main inflow of
investments in the country, he said and added that at least $3-4 bln
invested by the Diaspora should be used directly for development of
economy. He also called on executive power to settle problems with
the airport and civil aviation, which will make it possible to attract
extra $5 bln. “You may do nothing, simply settle this issue and the
problem of the state budget will be resolved”, – Bagratyan said. He
also called on Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan to pay attention at the
situation in the National Statistics Service, as it is simply
impossible to produce 241 thsd tons of grape and 812 thsd tons of
vegetables in the republic. “The figures were sexed up at least
threefold”, – he said and called on the government and premier to
speak about the true results.

Armenia’s agriculture suffers $35-40 million harm this year – Hrach Berberyan

12:42 – 21.05.13

Armenia’s agriculture has suffered $35-40 million harm this year,
chairman of the Agrarian Rural Union NGO Hrach Berberyan said,
presenting the calculations made by the organization.

`According to our calculations over 20,000 hectares were eliminated. A
farmer has appeared in desperate situation. Of course, it is necessary
to provide seeds and fertilizers but the first is financial
assistance. It is necessary to freeze their loans for a year for them
to be able to live. Helping with seeds will not give anything to
them,’ Berberyan said.

Over 43 communities have been severely damaged after May 12 hail. The
residents of hail-stricken villages closed Yerevan-Armavir highway on
May 20 and conducted a protest action.

Armenia’s Agriculture Minister Sergo Kapareptyan and Territorial
Administration Minister Armen Gevorgyan met with the farmers urging
them to wait for another few days until final solution is given to the
issue.

Hrach Berberyan stressed that the state must do everything not to
promote the outgoing work in the created situation. He said each
family must get assistance no matter whether gardens have been damaged
30% or 100%.

Speaking about the efficiency of anti-hail stations, Berberyan said
they are not working good in Armenia as the intended fuel for it has
been changed.

`They were brought from Argentina and were intended to work by
acetylic fuel but as far as it was expensive a decision was made to
operate them by propane. That is why they are not effective,’ he said.

Berberyan called on the authorities to pass to fencing system and
fence the whole garden. He showed to reporters a piece of fence
brought from Italy and stressed that it is very solid.

`It is very solid, the hail will not be able to harm the harvest. Even
during frosts it protects the harvest by few degrees. 2,500 euros
equivalent drams are necessary for fencing one hectare,’ he said,
adding that they have discussed the issue yesterday with the head of
the Republican party’s faction Galust Sahakyan.

He voiced conviction that the government will approve their program.
Armenian News – Tert.am