Foreign investors don’t risk restoration of ancient buildings in ShushiMarch 22, 2011 - 14:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Shushi Foundation has developed a special project on restoration of the town of Shushi, Artsakh. “The restoration will start from Melik-Adamyan street, which features some 10 buildings of the 19th century,” Bakur Karapetyan told journalists in Yerevan. “There are 4 agreements with foreign investors, who were willing to allocate funds for restoration. However the unsettlement of the Karabakh conflict prevents them from taking action,” he said, adding that delay can have grave consequences, as the “buildings are on the verge of destruction.” Asked by a PanARMENIAN.Net whether the project can be torpedoed as unrealistic, Karapetyan said, “I have numerously stated that victory in war is half the work. Another important stage is reconstruction of the town. If we don’t reconstruct Shushi, it will be even worse.” Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |