ArmInfo.The director of the Agricultural Development Fund could not grant grants to anyone at his discretion. This was in an interview with journalists, said the. Minister of Agriculture Gegham Gevorgyan, in response to a question from journalists about whether his appointment to the post of Minister of Agriculture is connected with the fact that he gave a grant to the company of Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan, he noted that this process was started back in February, when Avinyan was not yet a member of the government, and the issuance of the grant simply coincided with the moment of his appointment as Deputy Prime Minister.
''Various commissions participated in the process of issuing grants, and I could not influence their decision. On the contrary, it proves that we give out grants regardless of a person's social status, "Gevorgyan stressed. As to his relationship with Acting Deputy Prime Minister, Gevorgyan stressed that they are friends. To note information was spread in the press that the Irrigate company founded by Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan this year received a grant of approximately $ 35,000 from the Agricultural Development Fund, to develop the production of dried fruit the former director of which Gegham Gevorgyan, in October, was appointed as Minister of Agriculture.