December 27, 2012 - 13:56 AMT
Syrian Armenians forced to shop at Yerevan City supermarkets – paper

According to Haykakak Zhamanak daily, Kuwaiti envoy to Armenia passed cheques to the amount of $100000 to a public organization for coordination of Syrian Armenians issues.

The move enables a thousand Syrian Armenian families to get AMD 20000 cheques to purchase necessary products.

The only problem is that the cheques allow purchases solely from Yerevan City supermarket chain, owned by an MP Samvel Aleksanyan.

According to the envoy, a Kuwaiti delegation was behind the choice of the supermarkets.

“We'll be glad to hear a logical explanation to the fact that people aren’t given cash to spend as they see fit, instead being forced to leave the sum at Yerevan City,” the daily said.