On June 29 the NA Standing Committee on Agriculture and Environment organized a visiting sitting to Gegharkunik Marz to discuss Lake Sevan problems like the rise of the lake level, preservation of drainage basin, management of water resources, to study on spot and listen to those relevant to the sphere.

Before beginning the sitting the Committee Chairman Martun Grigoryan, the Deputy Committee Chairman Tatchat Vardapetyan, the members Lyova Khachatryan, Vahagn Makhsudyan, Armen Babayan and Vazgen Karakhanyan accompanied by government representatives and the Head of Gegharkunik Marz visited Sevan-Hrazdan Cascade Hydroelectric Power Plant. After studying the territory of the hydroelectric station the deputies went to Sevan National Park office, where the visiting sitting was held.

Lake Sevan problems were discussed at the sitting, in particular, issues concerning additional water intake from the Sevan, fish resources, lake level fluctuations, coastal woodland, etc.. Aramais Grigoryan, Minister of the RA Nature Protection, Yuri Javadyan, Deputy Chairman of the Commission on Lake Sevan issues adjunct to the RA President, Andranik Andreasyan, Head of the State Committee on Water Economy at the Ministry of Territorial Administration, and others delivered speeches on the issue.

The RA Deputy Minister of Nature Protection Simon Papyan has informed the participants of the sitting that though numerous problems are in place, positive tendencies are noticeable and the results are obvious. For example, the level of Lake Sevan increased more than it had been planned.

Highlighting the meetings and debates held in a visiting sitting format, the Chairman of the NA Standing Committee on Agriculture and Environment Martun Grigoryan has noted that it is designed to organize parliamentary hearings in the future to discuss fish-breeding development program in Lake Sevan.