Owner of Le Café de Paris Valerie-Ashkhen Gordzounian intends to leave Armenia because of problems connected with tax service.

Yerevan residents will soon be deprived of the pleasure of visiting a favorite site in the capital - Le Café de Paris which is situated at 23 Abovyan Street.

By a decision of Yerevan Mayor, the café operating for 16 years in the heart of Yerevan will be dismantled as part of a larger drive by the municipality to improve and "clean up" the city center.

"Mayor Taron Margaryan personally telephoned me and said to be armed with patience; the café would again operate in 2-3 months," the owner of Le Cafe de Paris, Valerie-Ashkhen Gordzounian told A1+.

However, the French Armenian businessman is not going to wait, on December 29 she is leaving Armenia - a country where she has made so many investments and where she has encountered problems with the tax service.

Gordzounian's debt totals 80 million dollars. To repay the debt, she has already sold half of the café.

I have been struggling for justice for 4-5 years. In normal countries taxpayers are given time to pay taxes. Countries with small economies should encourage their taxpayers to stay in the country. I cannot stay in Armenia because there are no favorable conditions for business here. Perhaps, I was standing in their way as I am easily irritated," said the businesswoman.

Valerie-Ashkhen Gordzounian is going to open a café in Paris which she will call Le Cafe d'Arménie.

"I am not going to sever ties with Armenia since I like my homeland very much," she said.

A protest action will be held in Le Café de Paris this evening in support of the café.

During the interview attached below Valerie-Ashkhen Gordzounian tells about her problems with the tax service and intention of leaving Armenia.