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Armenian minister agrees allocating forest to Arab sheikh, but in return for what? - newspaper

Armenian minister agrees allocating forest to Arab sheikh, but in return for what? - newspaper
13:19 December 20, 2011

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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.


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