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Arguments by Armenia International Airport concessioners that the old round building of Zvartnots airport does not correspond to seismic and international standards are not true, Anahit Tarkhanyan, the daughter of one of the architects of the airport said at a discussion held in Yerevan. She presented a working plan which will ensure the complete reconstruction for the building functioning while its modernization will require 30 million AMD.

«I think arguments of the concessioners are of a deliberate nature since according to the agreement reached with the Government of Armenia what is constructed will be in their ownership and what is reconstructed will remain under  Armenia's possession. That is natural that concessioners would prefer to construct a new building,'' Trakhanyan said.

She then suggested forming a group of specialists comprising of both local and international architects and work together in addressing the matter. 

According to the plan presented by Tarkhanyan, the round building of Zvartnots will be a separate airport not linked to the functioning one.

«Airports for Armenia are considered to be objects of strategic importance. Private airports may operate, that is acceptable, however Armenia should have a state airport as well which is valuable in terms of state security,'' Tarkhanyan mentioned.

To remind, earlier Armenian government approved a master plan for Yerevan’s Zvartnots International Airport permitting the demolition of the old round building of the airport within the reconstruction plan.