YEREVAN.-  U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern told about a clean-up event in Hrazdan gorge on his video blog on Youtube.

The event was organized by the U.S. Embassy in Armenia partnered with the Armenian branch of Let’s Do It environmentalist movement on September 15.

The embassy employees, US government alumni and kids from Nor Kharberd board-school joined the campaign.

“It is time for Armenians to appreciate how beautiful their country is, how beautiful Yerevan city is,” he said, adding the action may serve as a good example for all the residents of Yerevan and Armenia on the whole.

At the end of the day over 100 packs of garbage were collected.