To Dundee Precious Metals Company 
To Deno Gold Mining Company

Two candidates are running in the September 9 election for mayor of Kapan: Artur Atayan from the ARF and Ashot Hayrapetyan, a member of the Republican Party of Armenia.

We are deeply concerned that foreign companies are playing a role in local Kapan politics.  

On September 2, during the campaign of ARF member Artur Atayan and Kapan's Deno Gold Mining Co., a subsidiary of Canada's 'Dundee Precious Metals, are organizing a concert with the participation of Tata Simonyan.

We are not worried that Artur Atayan is organizing a concert with the participation of Tata Simonyan (this is the accepted trick of the campaign), but we think it is unacceptable in this stage that a foreign company or foreigner is financially assisting a local candidate.

The "Kapan Residents Determine Their Own Future" initiative strongly urges the administration of the Kapan Deno Gold Mining Company to refrain from any form of financial or other support to any candidate. Otherwise, we will view it as a state, national security problem.

Kapan Residents Determine Their Own Future"

August 29, 2012