YEREVAN. – Seismic resistance of the 80 percent of Armenian capital city Yerevan’s buildings is unreliable.

“Armproject” OJSC President and Director Grigor Azizyan stated the above-said at a press conference on Wednesday.  

In Azizyan’s words, a large-scale work needs to be carried out to strengthen Yerevan’s buildings, and there is a huge shortage of such programs.   

According to him, although similar work was carried out in Armenia following the devastating earthquake that hit the country in 1988, not all apartments were included in these activities, and the individual repairs of houses does not solve the problem. 

“After the 1988 earthquake, there are fears that some buildings may collapse even after not-so-strong jolts,” Grigor Azizyan concluded.