Leader of the Prosperous Armenia Party and owner of Ararat Cement Factory Gagik Tsarukyan has arrived at the factory.

The employees of the factory had been keeping the road leading to the factory closed and complaining about layoffs for the past three days.

Nearly 1,000 employees had received notices stating that they will be laid off on 15 June since the economic affairs committee of the National Assembly has decided that an AMD 22,000 duty is set for imported cement, but there is no duty set for imported cement clinkers.