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Iranian Sheep In Syunik in May?
Despite fierce opposition in Armenia, the decision was made to provide
pasture in Syunik for Iranian sheep. Iran announced yesterday that
from 21 May the first 10,000 Iranian sheep will be herded in Syunik.
The Fars Agency reported about this referring to Mohammad Alhashemi,
member of the Iranian government.
During the year, up to 50,000 sheep will be brought to the pastures of
Syunik region, he said.
Meanwhile, the governor of Syunik Suren Khachatryan denies everything.
He told Medialab there is no agreement on this issue, and no Iranian
sheep will be pastured in Syunik.
This story began last autumn when it became known that the governor of
Syunik leased 52,000 hectares of pasture to Iran for five years. The
Iranian side was rumored to pay 25 dollars per hectare, as well as
provide agricultural equipment and build a slaughterhouse and a meat
processing plant on the border.
On March 18 the Iranian ambassador to Armenia stated that there is no
official agreement on this. But as we can see this was not a problem.
Environmentalists opposed to the initiative stating that the areas on
which sheep graze become a desert soon. Besides, it is noted that with
sheep hundreds of Turk-Azerbaijanis will come to Syunik to keep the
sheep.
A member of parliament of the ARF raised this issue in the parliament
demanding explanation how lease of the Armenian territory to a foreign
country is arranged at a municipal level, Medialab reports.
Medialab.am
10:59 26/04/2013
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index.php/eng/0/society/view/29728
Despite fierce opposition in Armenia, the decision was made to provide
pasture in Syunik for Iranian sheep. Iran announced yesterday that
from 21 May the first 10,000 Iranian sheep will be herded in Syunik.
The Fars Agency reported about this referring to Mohammad Alhashemi,
member of the Iranian government.
During the year, up to 50,000 sheep will be brought to the pastures of
Syunik region, he said.
Meanwhile, the governor of Syunik Suren Khachatryan denies everything.
He told Medialab there is no agreement on this issue, and no Iranian
sheep will be pastured in Syunik.
This story began last autumn when it became known that the governor of
Syunik leased 52,000 hectares of pasture to Iran for five years. The
Iranian side was rumored to pay 25 dollars per hectare, as well as
provide agricultural equipment and build a slaughterhouse and a meat
processing plant on the border.
On March 18 the Iranian ambassador to Armenia stated that there is no
official agreement on this. But as we can see this was not a problem.
Environmentalists opposed to the initiative stating that the areas on
which sheep graze become a desert soon. Besides, it is noted that with
sheep hundreds of Turk-Azerbaijanis will come to Syunik to keep the
sheep.
A member of parliament of the ARF raised this issue in the parliament
demanding explanation how lease of the Armenian territory to a foreign
country is arranged at a municipal level, Medialab reports.
Medialab.am
10:59 26/04/2013
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index.php/eng/0/society/view/29728