The man pictured here is Vazgen Asatryan, a resident of the village of Norabak in the Gegharkunik Marz.
The Bjni Mineral Water Plant, owned by businessman and parliament member Khachatur Sukiasyan, has produced Noy spring water since 1999, and in 2000 the Intellectual Property Agency (IPA) of Armenia registered its trademark for producing mineral water in accordance with Class 32 of the International Classification of Goods and Services (ICGS) .
We have reported recently that the Minister of Nature Protection has given several deposits with total mineral resource content of about 3 billion tons to members of his own family and is now trying to sell them off.