The Prosecutor’s Office of Lori region, within the scope of its authority to bring claims for the protection of state (community) interests, commenced, on 16 December 2025, on the basis of a letter from the Head of Lori region, an examination of the documents concerning the allocation of land plots located in the Hrant Matevosyan Park of Vanadzor community to various persons.

The examination established that the land plots in Hrant Matevosyan Park of Vanadzor community had been granted to 22 individuals and legal entities under 25 agreements concluded in the early 2000s, conferring rights of lease, development or gratuitous use. The examination further established that the 22 entities leasing and actually possessing the land plots in Hrant Matevosyan Park of Vanadzor were using them in breach of the terms of the agreements and for purposes other than those intended. As a result, the park had fallen into a poorly maintained condition.

It should be recalled that, during her working visit to Lori region, Prosecutor General of the Republic of Armenia Anna Vardapetyan also visited Hrant Matevosyan Park on 19 August 2026 and gave a number of instructions to the Prosecutor of the region.

As a result of the examination conducted by the Prosecutor’s Office of Lori region, on 26 January 2026, a representation was submitted to the Acting Head of Vanadzor Community, demanding the termination of 26 agreements on the lease, gratuitous use and development of land plots concluded with 22 individuals and legal entities.  

As a result of the representation, on 7 September 2026, the lease right of a legal entity in respect of another land plot located within the park, at 25/5-2 K. Demirchyan street, measuring 32.6 sq. m and having an approximate cadastral value close to its market value of AMD 342,000, was terminated. The land plot was returned to the possession of the community.

To date, as a result of prosecutorial intervention, Vanadzor community has terminated lease and gratuitous-use agreements in respect of a total of 20 land plots with a combined area of 12,935.3 square metres, 12 of which, with a total area of 3,792.45 sq. m, have been registered with the Cadastre committee. Work towards the termination of the remaining agreements is ongoing.