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    ARMENIAN PRIME MINISTER OPPOSED TO PAVILIONS IN MASHTOTS PARK

    epress.am
    02.29.2012

    The buildings constructed in Mashtots Park will not be permanent and
    they will be moved, said Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan in a
    meeting on Tuesday with Yerevan mayor Taron Margaryan and a group of
    architects, according to a statement issued by the ruling Republican
    Party of Armenia, of which Sargsyan is a member.

    The prime minister noted that the president has instructed the
    situation regarding the park become a subject of discussion.

    Recall, environmental and civic activists have been camped out nearly
    every day for over two weeks in the central Yerevan park, protesting
    the construction of shops that were dismantled on Abovyan St. and
    moved to Mashtots Park, one of the few remaining green spaces in the
    Armenian capital.

    "This project has to be confirmed also by the government so that
    there is public trust that this problem will be solved. I, generally,
    am against the placing of permanent pavilions, and I have to do
    everything [possible] so that those pavilions are moved. There
    shouldn't be permanent pavilions in parks. There is a problem of
    green spaces in Yerevan, and I am displeased that there is major
    construction happening there," he said yesterday.

    Tigran Sargsyan also mentioned that the Armenian National Congress'
    statement that civil society has developed in Armenia left a great
    impression on him. "The authorities are obliged to present to the
    public the logic and necessity of their decisions and to hear the
    public's opinion. We are obliged to strengthen civil society and
    constantly dialogue with our public, including also in the field of
    architecture," he said.

    The architects welcomed Sargsyan's proposal to move certain state
    functions (structures) from Yerevan to the regions so that each city in
    Armenia has a particular focus or specialization. "The proportionate
    regional development of Armenia also has an architectural aspect to
    it. All [state] functions have become centralized in Yerevan, which
    impedes also the proportionate developed of the regions. We have to
    think about how we can unburden the capital," he said.

    Taron Margaryan stated that he is ready to collaborate with the Union
    of Architects of Armenia and to find solutions to current problems
    in the capital.

    "I'm convinced that as a result of cooperating with you we will see
    the Yerevan that we want to see. Yerevan has to be comfortable for
    our citizens and its residents," he said.

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