Official says European Union committed to raise Armenia’s power plant’s
safety

Arminfo
9 Jul 04

YEREVAN

The European Union is not yet ready to fulfil the commitments it took
on to allocate funds to increase the safety of the Armenian nuclear
station, an Arminfo correspondent has learnt from the EU Head of
Delegation to Armenia and Georgia, Torben Holtze.

He said that two years ago the EU took the commitment to allocate 4 to
5m euros for these purposes, but it has not yet done so. The funds
have not been allocated because the “Armenian side has not yet
submitted a specific programme on increasing the safety of the nuclear
station”. He said that the EU is worried about the nuclear station’s
safety.

About 10 to 15m dollars had been allocated for these purposes in the
past. “We have never said that we are refusing to fund the programme
to increase the safety of the Armenian nuclear station,” he said.