YEREVAN. – The number of emergency incidents in Armenia has decreased in the first four months of the current year, as compared to the same period last year.

Hovhannes Khangeldyan, Director of the Crisis Management Center of the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Emergency Situations, stated the aforementioned at a press conference on Tuesday.

“[A total of] 2,264 incidents already have been recorded this year; 49 less as compared to the previous year,” Khangeldyan said. “As their result, there were 49 casualties; 23 less than last year. (…) [But] there was an abundance of casualties in the case of traffic accidents; 90 percent of the casualties.”

In his words, emergency incidents in Armenia have reduces because spring has begun calmly, as there was no intensification of the occurrences due to perilous natural factors.

“We primarily get domestic [emergency] calls in the last two months,” Hovhannes Khangeldyan added.

He noted that the bulk of the calls were in January, and due to the heavy snowfall.