RA POLICE STARTED DISPERSING RALLY AGAINST DEFORESTATION OF TEGHUT
PanARMENIAN.Net
July 28, 2010 - 14:31 AMT 09:31 GMT
Representatives of the RA Police started dispersing a rally in front
of the central office of VTB Bank (Armenia) in Yerevan.
On July 28, activists of the movement against deforestation of Teghut
blocked the entrance of the bank central office and demanded a meeting
with the bank leadership, a PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent reported
from the scene.
The rally participants accuse VTB Bank (Armenia) of financing Armenian
Copper Program aimed at mining of Teghut copper-molybdenum deposit
of Lori region, Armenia.
The activists urged clients of the bank to refrain from using the
bank services, explaining it by the fact that their money will be
used for deforestation.
From: A. Papazian
PanARMENIAN.Net
July 28, 2010 - 14:31 AMT 09:31 GMT
Representatives of the RA Police started dispersing a rally in front
of the central office of VTB Bank (Armenia) in Yerevan.
On July 28, activists of the movement against deforestation of Teghut
blocked the entrance of the bank central office and demanded a meeting
with the bank leadership, a PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent reported
from the scene.
The rally participants accuse VTB Bank (Armenia) of financing Armenian
Copper Program aimed at mining of Teghut copper-molybdenum deposit
of Lori region, Armenia.
The activists urged clients of the bank to refrain from using the
bank services, explaining it by the fact that their money will be
used for deforestation.
From: A. Papazian