Government to initiate public debates over a plan to build church on place of Moskva summer cinema house

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16.04.2010, 03:15

The government of Armenia will initiate public debates over a plan to build a church on place of a summer cinema house in downtown Yerevan, Aram AnaNian, an aide to THE prime minister, said to ARKA.

YEREVAN, April 15, /ARKA/. The government of Armenia will initiate public debates over a plan to build a church on place of a summer cinema house in downtown Yerevan, Aram AnaNian, an aide to THE prime minister, said to ARKA.

He said the government discussed this issue with some interested agencies and in addition to it will initiate public debates on this plan that is being opposed by some segments of the population. He said the government hopes that the debate will help shape a single public opinion on the issue.

On March 4 the government passed a decision to allocate the area free of charge to the Armenian Apostolic Church for construction of a church on the area that would be a replica of a church that was destroyed by the Soviets in 1930-s.

He said head of Transparency International Armenia, Sona Ayvazian, asked the government to provide her with the package of documents that the government relied on when making the allocation decision. The package had a letter of culture minister. Some local newspapers claimed that the minister asked the government to preserve the summer cinema house. -0-

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