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Syrian Armenian Tries Doing Business And Meets High Taxes
Hovsep Vardanyan from Aleppo tries to engage in trade in Armenia but
going from one state agency to another for more than 15 days, he is
unable to reach any result. The young man, who came to Armenia about
1.5 months ago, first tried to rent a small shop but as he says, when
he was told about the rent fee, he was afraid. Comparing the prices
with those in Aleppo, he says that here they are three times higher.
Finally he managed to find a small place in one of Yerevan markets but
he hasn't started working yet due to Armenian protractions.
He says that different governmental agencies say different things
about the validity of his Armenian passport. He has been trying to
solve the issue for 15 days. Yesterday, the ministry of Diaspora
promised him to solve the issue within two days.
In Aleppo, he used to work as jeweler and had a shop. He tried to
continue his work here but as he says it is very difficult in Yerevan
because of too high taxes. According to him, here only cell phones
charges and water are cheap, the rest is too expensive. He is sure
that if the situation betters in Aleppo, 90% of the Syrian Armenian
emigrants will return there.
By the way, Hovsep has already imported the clothes to sell in
Armenia, mainly Turkish and Iranian production.
Roza Hovhannisyan
11:06 27/04/2013
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index.php/eng/0/country/view/29743
From: Baghdasarian
Hovsep Vardanyan from Aleppo tries to engage in trade in Armenia but
going from one state agency to another for more than 15 days, he is
unable to reach any result. The young man, who came to Armenia about
1.5 months ago, first tried to rent a small shop but as he says, when
he was told about the rent fee, he was afraid. Comparing the prices
with those in Aleppo, he says that here they are three times higher.
Finally he managed to find a small place in one of Yerevan markets but
he hasn't started working yet due to Armenian protractions.
He says that different governmental agencies say different things
about the validity of his Armenian passport. He has been trying to
solve the issue for 15 days. Yesterday, the ministry of Diaspora
promised him to solve the issue within two days.
In Aleppo, he used to work as jeweler and had a shop. He tried to
continue his work here but as he says it is very difficult in Yerevan
because of too high taxes. According to him, here only cell phones
charges and water are cheap, the rest is too expensive. He is sure
that if the situation betters in Aleppo, 90% of the Syrian Armenian
emigrants will return there.
By the way, Hovsep has already imported the clothes to sell in
Armenia, mainly Turkish and Iranian production.
Roza Hovhannisyan
11:06 27/04/2013
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index.php/eng/0/country/view/29743
From: Baghdasarian