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SAUTEE THE BASTARD!: SPY WAR GOES UNDERGROUND AS AZERI GARLIC INVADES ARMENIA; NEIGHBORING GEORGIA MAY BE COMPLICIT
By Gayane Lazarian
ArmeniaNow
21.12.11 | 14:32
A pungent scandal threatens the Armenian holiday season.
It has been learned that at least some markets have been selling
garlic that was grown in Azerbaijan.
While shopping for his festive table preparations, Samvel Karapetyan -
a researcher of monuments - unearthed news which he immediately took
to media.
"The label reads, 'Produced on Aliyev St. Apt. 2, Baku, Azerbaijan.'
Isn't it enough that the country [Armenia] is flooded with Turkish
products? And now do we boost the economy of Azerbaijan, forgetting
that we are factually at war with that country? Is Armenia in an
extremely poor condition that it has to buy garlic from Azerbaijan?
Shame on us!" Karapetyan said.
One kilo of garlic costs 1,500-1,600 drams (about $4) at shops and
markets in Yerevan. There were five garlic bulbs of Azeri production
in one package, and each bulb was sold at 260 drams (80 cents --
five garlic bulbs cost 1,300 drams, $3).
Haykaz Hovhannisyan, director of 'Armenia Trade Center' Hayrapetyan
Brothers CJSC, said that they do not know who the importer of the
garlic is.
"We buy a great part of our vegetable from different markets - 'Goom',
'Malatia', etc.," Hovhannisyan said.
According to the State Revenue Committee (SRC) of Armenia, "garlic
was imported to Armenia, in January-November 2011, from the following
countries: China, Georgia, [and] Greece."
Traders dealing with retail trade at the vegetable section of 'Malatia'
market say that they are not aware of the Azeri-grown garlic imported
to Armenia.
"But it is very delicious garlic, and it is sold quite successfully.
If there were not this garlic [Azeri-grown garlic] then the garlic
price would be 2,500-3,000 drams ($6.50-$7.85)," says one of the
traders. "It is not excluded that an individual has brought it
[Azeri-grown garlic] from Georgia, who knows."
Garlic with Azeri labels has now been removed from shops, while the
SRC is looking into how the stinking enemy got here.
By Gayane Lazarian
ArmeniaNow
21.12.11 | 14:32
A pungent scandal threatens the Armenian holiday season.
It has been learned that at least some markets have been selling
garlic that was grown in Azerbaijan.
While shopping for his festive table preparations, Samvel Karapetyan -
a researcher of monuments - unearthed news which he immediately took
to media.
"The label reads, 'Produced on Aliyev St. Apt. 2, Baku, Azerbaijan.'
Isn't it enough that the country [Armenia] is flooded with Turkish
products? And now do we boost the economy of Azerbaijan, forgetting
that we are factually at war with that country? Is Armenia in an
extremely poor condition that it has to buy garlic from Azerbaijan?
Shame on us!" Karapetyan said.
One kilo of garlic costs 1,500-1,600 drams (about $4) at shops and
markets in Yerevan. There were five garlic bulbs of Azeri production
in one package, and each bulb was sold at 260 drams (80 cents --
five garlic bulbs cost 1,300 drams, $3).
Haykaz Hovhannisyan, director of 'Armenia Trade Center' Hayrapetyan
Brothers CJSC, said that they do not know who the importer of the
garlic is.
"We buy a great part of our vegetable from different markets - 'Goom',
'Malatia', etc.," Hovhannisyan said.
According to the State Revenue Committee (SRC) of Armenia, "garlic
was imported to Armenia, in January-November 2011, from the following
countries: China, Georgia, [and] Greece."
Traders dealing with retail trade at the vegetable section of 'Malatia'
market say that they are not aware of the Azeri-grown garlic imported
to Armenia.
"But it is very delicious garlic, and it is sold quite successfully.
If there were not this garlic [Azeri-grown garlic] then the garlic
price would be 2,500-3,000 drams ($6.50-$7.85)," says one of the
traders. "It is not excluded that an individual has brought it
[Azeri-grown garlic] from Georgia, who knows."
Garlic with Azeri labels has now been removed from shops, while the
SRC is looking into how the stinking enemy got here.