ArmInfo.Corporacion America is ready to start repair work at the airport "Shirak" in Gyumri. Executive director of the company, Chair of the Council of International Airports (ACI), Martin Eurnekian, said on June 4 on the margins of the Summit of the Heads of the Airports of Corporacion America.
According to Eurnekian, consultations with architects are being held today and after agreeing on a number of issues, the company will be ready to start overhauling the Gyumri airport. Touching on the issue of the old building of Zvartnots airport in Yerevan, Martin Eurnekian assured that they are aware of the cultural value of this unique architectural structure and will do everything possible to preserve it.
As about of the former building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, which is also the property of the company, then, according to Eurnekian, there is a desire to implement such a program that will be important not only from a business point of view, but will also have value for the city itself. In general, Martin Eurnekian is satisfied with the level of cooperation with the Armenian government. The company's executive director assured that he was not facing serious problems in Armenia. "We are pleased to work closely with the new authorities. We will work on revising a number of existing programs and cooperate on developing new investment projects," Martin Eurnekian said.
Corporacion America is an Argentine holding company that owns a number of renewable energy assets, including wind power plants, in Latin America. The company belongs to the Argentinean entrepreneur of Armenian origin Eduardo Eurnekian. In Armenia, the company's activities include such sectors as aviation (concession management of Zvartnots international airport and Shirak airport in Gyumri), agriculture (Karas Vines winery and vineyards) and the banking sector (controlling stake in one of the major commercial banks - Converse Bank). The CA also manages the national postal operator ("HayPost").