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GYUMRI MAYOR ON STIR OVER HOTEL
Tert.am
13.12.11
In an exclusive interview with Tert.am, Gyumri Mayor Vardan Ghukasyan
commented on the stir over the Alaksandropol hotel built in the
city center.
"I cannot understand the stir. Our family has built a beautiful
hotel in Gyumri. It is distinguished by its original architecture and
high-quality service. Cannot Armenia's second largest city have such
a hotel?" Ghukasyan said.
Armenia's press has recently been critical of the Gyumri mayor for
owning a luxury hotel in the city center.
According to Ghukasyan, the hotel is part of his family business. It
has only 18 rooms and cannot cost "millions of dollars." By spreading
misinformation on "millions of dollars" some opposition mass media
are trying to discredit him, Ghukasyan said. "They are at the service
of the forces that plundered the country," he added.
"They destroyed earthquake-damaged Gyumri. They did not leave a
single enterprise, sold hotels both in Yerevan and in Gyumri. We
have constructed a new one. Gyumri has a modern hotel that will
play an important role in developing the city's tourist industry. My
construction project is not even worth 0.001% of what they plundered,"
Ghukasyan said.
He noted he has been doing business for 20 years. He was among
the pioneers of cooperative movement in Shirak. He was engaged in
agriculture and confectionary industry and owned numerous service
businesses and a clothing market. "I owned all that before I became
mayor. It is the result of our family's hard work," Ghukasyan said. He
noted that his family also sponsored the construction of the Surb
Nshan church and a number of others. They are now sponsoring the
renovation of the Amenaprkich church.
"Recently we constructed and opened a children's entertainment center
Wonderland. It is a long-term program. Should the mayor of a city
coping with aftermath of a disaster be blamed for making large-scale
investments thereby promoting business development?" Ghukasyan said
with surprise.
From: A. Papazian
Tert.am
13.12.11
In an exclusive interview with Tert.am, Gyumri Mayor Vardan Ghukasyan
commented on the stir over the Alaksandropol hotel built in the
city center.
"I cannot understand the stir. Our family has built a beautiful
hotel in Gyumri. It is distinguished by its original architecture and
high-quality service. Cannot Armenia's second largest city have such
a hotel?" Ghukasyan said.
Armenia's press has recently been critical of the Gyumri mayor for
owning a luxury hotel in the city center.
According to Ghukasyan, the hotel is part of his family business. It
has only 18 rooms and cannot cost "millions of dollars." By spreading
misinformation on "millions of dollars" some opposition mass media
are trying to discredit him, Ghukasyan said. "They are at the service
of the forces that plundered the country," he added.
"They destroyed earthquake-damaged Gyumri. They did not leave a
single enterprise, sold hotels both in Yerevan and in Gyumri. We
have constructed a new one. Gyumri has a modern hotel that will
play an important role in developing the city's tourist industry. My
construction project is not even worth 0.001% of what they plundered,"
Ghukasyan said.
He noted he has been doing business for 20 years. He was among
the pioneers of cooperative movement in Shirak. He was engaged in
agriculture and confectionary industry and owned numerous service
businesses and a clothing market. "I owned all that before I became
mayor. It is the result of our family's hard work," Ghukasyan said. He
noted that his family also sponsored the construction of the Surb
Nshan church and a number of others. They are now sponsoring the
renovation of the Amenaprkich church.
"Recently we constructed and opened a children's entertainment center
Wonderland. It is a long-term program. Should the mayor of a city
coping with aftermath of a disaster be blamed for making large-scale
investments thereby promoting business development?" Ghukasyan said
with surprise.
From: A. Papazian