YEREVAN. – The responsibility for the fate of Closed Market falls on the Armenian Culture Ministry and other state agencies, architect Sarhat Petrosyan said.

Petrosyan noted that instead of writing emotional letters to the premier, representatives of the ministry had to demand immediate suspension of illegal construction works.  

“The Ministry had to struggle for the fulfillment of the requirements envisaged by the law,” he told reporters on Friday.

The Ministry of Urban Development and Yerevan Municipality must share the responsibility. Any changes in renovation of a monument must be agreed with the government, he recalled.

Petrosyan accused ministry officials of lying about the renovation of the building. “No one is held accountable for lies.”