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ARMENIAN PRIME MINISTER OPPOSED TO PAVILIONS IN MASHTOTS PARK
epress.am
02.29.2012
The buildings constructed in Mashtots Park will not be permanent and
they will be moved, said Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan in a
meeting on Tuesday with Yerevan mayor Taron Margaryan and a group of
architects, according to a statement issued by the ruling Republican
Party of Armenia, of which Sargsyan is a member.
The prime minister noted that the president has instructed the
situation regarding the park become a subject of discussion.
Recall, environmental and civic activists have been camped out nearly
every day for over two weeks in the central Yerevan park, protesting
the construction of shops that were dismantled on Abovyan St. and
moved to Mashtots Park, one of the few remaining green spaces in the
Armenian capital.
"This project has to be confirmed also by the government so that
there is public trust that this problem will be solved. I, generally,
am against the placing of permanent pavilions, and I have to do
everything [possible] so that those pavilions are moved. There
shouldn't be permanent pavilions in parks. There is a problem of
green spaces in Yerevan, and I am displeased that there is major
construction happening there," he said yesterday.
Tigran Sargsyan also mentioned that the Armenian National Congress'
statement that civil society has developed in Armenia left a great
impression on him. "The authorities are obliged to present to the
public the logic and necessity of their decisions and to hear the
public's opinion. We are obliged to strengthen civil society and
constantly dialogue with our public, including also in the field of
architecture," he said.
The architects welcomed Sargsyan's proposal to move certain state
functions (structures) from Yerevan to the regions so that each city in
Armenia has a particular focus or specialization. "The proportionate
regional development of Armenia also has an architectural aspect to
it. All [state] functions have become centralized in Yerevan, which
impedes also the proportionate developed of the regions. We have to
think about how we can unburden the capital," he said.
Taron Margaryan stated that he is ready to collaborate with the Union
of Architects of Armenia and to find solutions to current problems
in the capital.
"I'm convinced that as a result of cooperating with you we will see
the Yerevan that we want to see. Yerevan has to be comfortable for
our citizens and its residents," he said.
epress.am
02.29.2012
The buildings constructed in Mashtots Park will not be permanent and
they will be moved, said Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan in a
meeting on Tuesday with Yerevan mayor Taron Margaryan and a group of
architects, according to a statement issued by the ruling Republican
Party of Armenia, of which Sargsyan is a member.
The prime minister noted that the president has instructed the
situation regarding the park become a subject of discussion.
Recall, environmental and civic activists have been camped out nearly
every day for over two weeks in the central Yerevan park, protesting
the construction of shops that were dismantled on Abovyan St. and
moved to Mashtots Park, one of the few remaining green spaces in the
Armenian capital.
"This project has to be confirmed also by the government so that
there is public trust that this problem will be solved. I, generally,
am against the placing of permanent pavilions, and I have to do
everything [possible] so that those pavilions are moved. There
shouldn't be permanent pavilions in parks. There is a problem of
green spaces in Yerevan, and I am displeased that there is major
construction happening there," he said yesterday.
Tigran Sargsyan also mentioned that the Armenian National Congress'
statement that civil society has developed in Armenia left a great
impression on him. "The authorities are obliged to present to the
public the logic and necessity of their decisions and to hear the
public's opinion. We are obliged to strengthen civil society and
constantly dialogue with our public, including also in the field of
architecture," he said.
The architects welcomed Sargsyan's proposal to move certain state
functions (structures) from Yerevan to the regions so that each city in
Armenia has a particular focus or specialization. "The proportionate
regional development of Armenia also has an architectural aspect to
it. All [state] functions have become centralized in Yerevan, which
impedes also the proportionate developed of the regions. We have to
think about how we can unburden the capital," he said.
Taron Margaryan stated that he is ready to collaborate with the Union
of Architects of Armenia and to find solutions to current problems
in the capital.
"I'm convinced that as a result of cooperating with you we will see
the Yerevan that we want to see. Yerevan has to be comfortable for
our citizens and its residents," he said.