The Armenian Ministry of Nature Protection refutes the information about felling of rare species of trees in Shikahogh Reserve.
The Ministry's statement sent to ArmInfo says that the trees were not cut in the Shikahogh Reserve, but in the forest area, which is a part of ArtsakhForest. This is proved by the relevant notification of the ArtsakhForest director in response to the request of the head of the Zangezur Biosphere Complex.
To note, earlier ArmInfo publicized information, according to which 30 trees of rare species have been cut in Shikahogh Reserve.