P. Avetisyan, “Laws on Preservation of RA Monuments Need Improvement”

YEREVAN, JUNE 14, ARMENPRESS: The territory of the Republic of Armenia is distinguished by a great number of monuments, the considerable part of which are of archeological nature, Director of the Archeology and Ethnography Institute of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences Pavel Avetisyan said today at a meeting with journalists.

He said that issues can arise during the activity of people living in that environment connected with preservation of monuments, which must be discussed on several platforms. According to him, the laws on monument preservation need improvement and updating. “We should not forget that all the monuments of Armenia are of global significance, they give exclusive information for all the rounds of the human civilization and are unique sources,” P. Avetisyan said.

According to him, any monument needs professional care and which is the most important, the monuments of the territory of Armenia must be socialized and become the property of the society. Director of “Erebuni” historical-archeological reserve-museum Gagik Gyurjyan noted that there are two reserve-museums under the liability of the Armenian Culture Ministry – “Agarak” historical-cultural, which has been established in 2001 and occupies 118 hectares area, and “Erebuni” historical-archeological, which is situated in Yerevan and occupies 100 hectares area with its 3 sub-buildings.

According to G. Gyurjyan, the law must be able to regulate not only the territories of the historical-archeological reserves of the republic, but the archeological territories as well. G. Gyurjyan said that the whole territory of Armenia must be proclaimed an archeological territory, like in Italy, thanks to which archeological studies are carried out in those territories before starting any construction.