YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 29, NOYAN TAPAN. The company Village Group was founded in Lori marz in 2000. It produces 160-200 tons of cheese of various types - Lori, Tashir, Chanach and Cechil annually. The company director Khachik Dumikian told NT correspondent that 50% of Village Group's production is exported, particularly to Russia, Georgia and the US. According to KH. Dumikian, the company has its own cattle-breeding and pig farms, and a slaughterhouse with modern equipment was put into operation last year. Its production is mostly consumed by the local population: 10-15 head of neat cattle are slaughtered a day, with their meat mainly being supplied to military units. "We should do everything to provide our population with ecologically pure meat processed in proper sanitary and hygienic conditions," Kh. Dumikian said.

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