"Hayazn" party offers to lease government building to Iran instead o

[Kalantarian Kevo]

"Hayazn" party offers to lease government building to Iran instead of
Syunik pasture land

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Thursday, February 14, 15:57

"Hayazn" party has organized a protest action in front of the Armenian
government's building against possible lease of Syunik pasture land to
Iran.

The participants in the action were holding banners "No Iranian sheep
should be grazing upon pasture in Syunik region" and "Syunik is not a
pasture". The participants in the action demanded from the Armenian
government to annul the decision about leasing of Syunik pasture to
Iran. They think that this decision
threats security of Armenia, as "representatives of nomadic tribes of
Eastern Iran, among which there are many ethnic Azeris", will tend
Iranian sheep. The participants in the action think that such a
decision will negatively affect the Armenian-Iranian relations.

Moreover, representatives of "Hayazn" assured that similar contract
will be also signed with United Arab Emirates. This time on leasing of
Vayots Dzor pasture lands. If there is the common border between
Armenia and Iran, in case of the UAE, sheep will be transported to
Armenia by airplanes.

According to mass media, the Syunik pasture lands were leased to Iran
for 25 years -$26 for one hectare. In this context, the participants
in the action offered to lease Armenian government's building to Iran
on the same conditions.