Yerevan /Mediamax/. Strict environmental standards of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and International Finance Corporation (IFC) which are shareholders of Amulsar project may serve basis for Armenia’s mining industry.

Head of the Subsoil and Land Protection Department of Armenia's Ministry of Ecology Vigen Avetisyan said this today, Mediamax reports.

He attached importance to introduction of international environmental standards in Armenia which was discussed by the Ministry with the EBRD and IFC.

On June 4, Minister of Ecology of Armenia Aram Harutyunyan received the delegation of EBRD and IFC.