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ARKA News Agency, Armenia
Dec 7 2007
Armenian Republican Party: All problems of quake-stricken region to
be solved within three years
YEREVAN, December 7. /ARKA/. All problems of the region stricken by
Spitak earthquake will be solved within three years, Galust Saakyan,
deputy chairman of Republican Party of Armenia, said on Friday.
`I think that all these problems solution will help people come to
terms with their grief', he said.
Anahit Bakhshyan, a member of Heritage parliamentary faction, said
that joint efforts are needed for eventual recovery of quake-stricken
areas.
`We ought to do whatever necessary to enable our citizens to live
normally in their country', she said.
On November 7, Armenia marks anniversary of Spitak earthquake
occurred in 1988.
That devastating earthquake was one of the tragic events in Armenian
history.
The earthquake intensity reached 10 on the Richter scale in Spitak,
epicenter, 9 in Gyumri and 8 in Vanadzor.
Spitak was reduced to rubble. The earthquake took 25,000 lives, left
140 people disabled and 500,000 homeless. --0--
Dec 7 2007
Armenian Republican Party: All problems of quake-stricken region to
be solved within three years
YEREVAN, December 7. /ARKA/. All problems of the region stricken by
Spitak earthquake will be solved within three years, Galust Saakyan,
deputy chairman of Republican Party of Armenia, said on Friday.
`I think that all these problems solution will help people come to
terms with their grief', he said.
Anahit Bakhshyan, a member of Heritage parliamentary faction, said
that joint efforts are needed for eventual recovery of quake-stricken
areas.
`We ought to do whatever necessary to enable our citizens to live
normally in their country', she said.
On November 7, Armenia marks anniversary of Spitak earthquake
occurred in 1988.
That devastating earthquake was one of the tragic events in Armenian
history.
The earthquake intensity reached 10 on the Richter scale in Spitak,
epicenter, 9 in Gyumri and 8 in Vanadzor.
Spitak was reduced to rubble. The earthquake took 25,000 lives, left
140 people disabled and 500,000 homeless. --0--