REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT
22.03.2021
Clarification

The results of the audit refer exclusively to the period from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2018.
 Dear colleagues, we inform that the article entitled "83 employees of "ArmForest" have not been in the country for several years, since their salaries have been given" has been misinterpreted in the press today, misleading the citizens, therefore, taking into consideration that fact, we deem it important  to give some clarification on the issue.
 We advise that the audit of the financial and economic activities of "ArmForest" SNCO was carried out by the Audit Chamber of the Republic of Armenia in the period from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2018. It refers exclusively to that period. The act on the results of the audit was published on the website of the RA Audit Chamber on March 2, 2021.
Thus,  according to the results of the audit, by the decision (February 25, 2021) of the Audit Chamber of the Republic of Armenia, the materials on the acts containing features of an apparent crime regarding the  financial and economic activities of "ArmForest" SNCO of  the Ministry of Nature Protection during the audit have already been sent to the RA Prosecutor General's Office.