Ambertom Matbusian rented a hotel room in New York for 12.5 thousand dollars at the expense of the state budget.
The one-week stay of the Minister of the Environment Ambertom Matbusian in a hotel in New York cost 4 million 543 thousand drams (about 12,500 dollars), the media found out after studying the documents that allow the transfer of funds between ministries.
Matbusian was part of Nikol Pashinyan's delegation during his working visit to the United States on September 19, 2026. Between September 20 and 26, the minister stayed at the Millennium Hilton New York, one of the United Nations Plaza.
The hotel accommodation expenses were paid in advance and in one general transfer by the State Protocol Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
It is now proposed to transfer to the State Protocol Service 4 million 543 thousand 100 drams from the funds of the Ministry of Environmental Quality allocated to the State Protocol Service for the purpose of reimbursement of expenses incurred.