Narek Karapetyan: Zorakan village residents concerned not about their  daily life, but about Armenia`s future

ArmInfo.  Residents of the village of Zorakan in the Noyemberyan community of Tavush Province did not complain about their daily life or social conditions; their only concern was Armenia's future. Narek Karapetyan, a member of the  political council of the Strong Armenia party, wrote this on his  Facebook page after meeting with village residents as part of the  party's election campaign for the upcoming parliamentary elections in  Armenia on June 7.

He noted that from the very first minute, the meeting veered beyond  the usual, because, as Karapetyan explained, people were asking:  "What needs to be done to live in a strong country? Is this weakness  no longer acceptable to us?" "The villagers set a condition: not to  disappoint them. It was surprising and impressive: not a word about  personal problems, but only a vision of strengthening the country,"  the party council member noted.

According to Karapetyan, everything became clear to them once they  realized who their interlocutors were.  He explained that residents  of the legendary Artsakh village of Chardakhlu had settled in  Zorakan. "The spirit of the homeland of marshals and heroes lives on  here today. This is a village of blue-eyed, strong people,"  Karapetyan noted.

He recalled that Zorakan is famous for its delicious peaches.  However, according to the party council member, despite the village  having approximately 700 hectares of land, only 100 hectares are  cultivated.  "And despite the high-quality harvest, there are no  organized procurement systems in the village. As a result, the  villagers are forced to sell their harvest on the side of the  interstate highway," Karapetyan concluded.