Armenia’s  Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure has signed two road construction contracts, totaling AMD 1.171 billion (US$2.5 million) with a company owned by Armen Badalyan, a nephew of former MP Volodya Badalyan.

The AMD 601 million contract signed on July 12 with  A.A.B. Proyect LLC, obligates the company to repair the Vanadzor-Dilijan interstate highway no later than December 10.

A contract worth AMD 570 million was signed with the company on July 17. Under this contract, A.A.B. Proyect must repair the Yerevan-Sevan-Ijevan-Azerbaijan interstate highway within four months.

A.A.B. Proyect, founded in 2006, has received government road repair contracts in the past.

This year, the company renovated the interstate highway Vanadzor-Alaverdi-Georgia, and in 2018 the it worked on the M-1-Karmrashen-Zovasar highway with World Bank financing.