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Employees of the Scientific Technological Center of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry at Armenia’s National Academy of Sciences on Thursday hold a protest outside the Armenian government building.

They warn that the planned construction of a residential complex near the center will do more harm than good. They held posters reading, "Don't Harm Science!", "Science is Power!", "No Science, No Future!", "Country’s Future is Under Threat!”.

The Green Property Development CJSC plans to construct a multifunctional building in the area of a pool near the Institute of Fine Organic Chemistry located at 26/1 Azatutyan Avenue in the Kanaker-Zeytun administrative district of Yerevan. The company acquired the property in May 2019.

The protesting employees argue that the high-rise complex will threaten the existence of the Scientific Technological Center of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry.

"The scientific center and the residential building in this area are incompatible. Imagine if there are excavators working, how are we supposed to work in conditions of such vibrations and noise," they state.