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    FIRST LADY OF ARMENIA DISOBEYS HER HUSBAND'S WISHES

    ArmInfo
    2009-06-03 12:27:00

    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 today's
    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.
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