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Dec 17 2011
Armenian minister agrees allocating forest to Arab sheikh, but in
return for what? - newspaper
December 17, 2011 | 09:21
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Nature Protection Minister Aram Harutyunyan
(a.k.a. Bulki, meaning `cookie') recently did perhaps the most
praiseworthy act throughout his activities. He refused to approve the
Government's draft decision, whereby around a 148-hectare forest was
allocated to Arab sheikh Mohammed Musallam, Zhoghovurd daily writes.
`This was the reason why the notorious Agriculture Minister Sergo
Karapatyan stated in his report: `We must give the forest to a
proprietor so we can save it from fires.' But since Bulki Aram is in a
vulnerable situation with his activities, he was unable to fight until
the end. We learned that the Arab's partner, [the ruling coalition's
Republican Party of Armenia] RPA MP - and brother of chairman Ara
Abrahamyan of [the Union of Armenians of Russia] UAS - Gagik Abrahamyan
sent envoys to Minister Harutyunyan, to give his written consent to
the allocation of the forest. They say Bulki has already agreed. But
in return for what?' Zhoghovurd writes.
Dec 17 2011
Armenian minister agrees allocating forest to Arab sheikh, but in
return for what? - newspaper
December 17, 2011 | 09:21
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Nature Protection Minister Aram Harutyunyan
(a.k.a. Bulki, meaning `cookie') recently did perhaps the most
praiseworthy act throughout his activities. He refused to approve the
Government's draft decision, whereby around a 148-hectare forest was
allocated to Arab sheikh Mohammed Musallam, Zhoghovurd daily writes.
`This was the reason why the notorious Agriculture Minister Sergo
Karapatyan stated in his report: `We must give the forest to a
proprietor so we can save it from fires.' But since Bulki Aram is in a
vulnerable situation with his activities, he was unable to fight until
the end. We learned that the Arab's partner, [the ruling coalition's
Republican Party of Armenia] RPA MP - and brother of chairman Ara
Abrahamyan of [the Union of Armenians of Russia] UAS - Gagik Abrahamyan
sent envoys to Minister Harutyunyan, to give his written consent to
the allocation of the forest. They say Bulki has already agreed. But
in return for what?' Zhoghovurd writes.