ArmInfo. Armenian President Armen Sarkissian signed the law "On Amendments to the Law" On Approval of the Annual and Comprehensive Programs of Measures for the Restoration, Conservation, Reproduction and Utilization of the Lake Sevan Ecosystem ", providing for an additional 40 million cubic meters of water from Lake Sevan.
It should be noted that on August 29 during the extraordinary session the National Assembly of Armenia adopted in the second reading a draft law on introducing amendments to the law "On the approval of the annual and comprehensive programs measures to restore, preserve, reproduce and use the ecosystem of Lake Sevan. "80 deputies voted" for "," against. "1. The bill provides for increasing water releases from Lake Sevan from the current 170 million to 210 million cubic meters. Committee of Armenia Inessa Babayan noted that the government is compelled to take this step.
Recall that on August 28 during an extraordinary meeting of the National Assembly took place against the background of a protest organized by the civil initiative "SOS Sevan". The participants of the action demanded to completely stop the water intake from the lake.