ARMENIAN ATOMIC POWER PLANT WILL NOT BE CLOSED IN 2004September 21, 2001 - 21:19 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian Atomic Power Plant will not be closed in 2004. President of Armenia Robert Kocharian stated it in an interview to "Kommersant" newspaper. In his words, the question of closing the station is raised because of its old type, "which makes spend more funds for security." Kocharian reported the European Union plays an active role in rendering financial aid to Armenia. "In our time we have pledged EU to close the station in 2004, but this issue was connected with creation of power substitutes and alternative sources of electric power, for which much means were expected to be assigned by EU", - the President said. But he noted, "in spite Armenia accurately fulfills its obligations, the problems of financing the closure of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant and creation of alternative sources of energy are not solved yet and will hardly be solved before 2004". Thus, in R.Kocharian's words, the closure of the station is postponed till 2007-2008, "then little time will remain till exhaustion of the natural resource". "In the future, extension of the resource of the station for a few years may be concerned, which also implies much investments", - the President noted. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | EU to provide budgetary support to Armenia The agreement is aimed at increasing the competitiveness of the educational system of Armenia. Aliyev: No peace treaty unless Armenia changes constitution Azerbaijan will not sign a peace treaty with Armenia unless the latter changes its constitution, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said. Azerbaijan proposes Armenia to jointly seek cancelation of Minak Group The Azerbaijani President maintained that the move will show “how sincere Armenia is.” Seven injured in massive gas station explosion in Armenia The Investigative Committee of Armenia has unveiled details about a massive explosion at a gas station on the Yerevan-Sevan highway. |