ARMENIAN AUTHORITIES, EU REPS DISCUSS ISSUES RELATED TO ARMENIAN NPP

TREND Information, Azerbaijan
Nov 2 2006

(ARKA) – Armenia and EU representatives discussed issues related to
the Armenian NPP, Minister of Commerce and Economic Development Karen
Chsmarityan reported.

He said that during the seventh sitting of Armenia-EU committee held
on October 25, the issues of the country’s energy sector development,
particularly the further operation of the Armenian NPP as well as the
problem of search of alternative energy sources, and the program on
the NPP closure, proposed by Armenia, reports Trend.

Chshmarityan said that the EU has not withdrawn its proposals on
giving Armenia EUR 100mln to close the power plant provided that
other donor will appear. At the same time, the minister reported
that he has no information about specific donors. At the same time,
he pointed out that the European Union plans to organize a conference
for potential investors toward this end.