A press conference on the construction relating to the River Getar was held on November 7 in Golden Tulip Hotel Yerevan. The event participant Roland Manukyan, Chief Hydrologist of the Armhydroenergy Project CJSC reflected on the hydrological, Karine Danielyan, President of the Association ''For Sustainable Human Development'' on the ecological and Sona Ayvazyan, Executive Director of CRD/TI-Armenia on the legal aspects of the Getar issue.

The specialists warned that the closure of the river-bed of the Getar may have disastrous consequences for the city. The environmental laws are first of all violated by the state officials. The Getar should not be victimized for the sake of the preelectoral struggle.