ArmInfo
The First Lady of Armenia Rita Sargsyan has signed a letter against development of Teghut copper-molybdenum deposit, Head of 'Ekodar' public organization Hrayr Ayvazyan said at press-conference in "Urbat" club.
To recall, signatures collection against development of Teghut copper-molybdenum deposit started in May, 2009. According to the letter, the deposit development project violates the Constitution and legislation of Armenia, as well as the international legal regulations. Moreover, exploitation of the deposit spells destruction of large forest areas, that will negatively affect the ecosystem of the whole Lori region. As for the residents of the nearby villages, they will be deprived of the opportunity to carry out an agricultural activity and will be provided with a temporary job only.
Moreover, contamination of the environment with heavy metals and other repugnant substances will negatively affect the people's health and will cause sharp growth of cancerous diseases, sterility, as well as birth of children with mental and physical deviations. 'We understand the importance of the country's economic development and creation of new jobs, however, we demand from our authorities to implement such a policy of the country development that will take into account the health and welfare of the future generations, as well as the harm which might affect the nature of our country', the letter says. The letter will be forwarded to Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan, Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisyan and parliament speaker Hovik Abrahamyan.
As H. Ayvazyan said, about 5,000 people have already signed the letter. Yesterday, the First Lady of Armenia Rita Sargsyan, as well as the wife of ex-President of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, Bella Kocharyan also affixed their signatures in the letter. 'It turns out that Rita Sargsyan opposed the decision of her husband', H. Ayvazyan said and recalled that ACP Company received the governmental 'approval' for development of the deposit in 2007 when S. Sargsyan was prime minister of Armenia.
June 04, 2009