ARMENIA SEEKS JOINING INTL URANIUM ENRICHMENT CENTRE IN ANGARSK

ITAR-TASS News Agency, Russia
April 23, 2007 Monday

Armenia has expressed interest in joining the international uranium
enrichment centre in Angarsk, Russia’s Irkutsk region, Russian federal
atomic energy agency chief Sergei Kiriyenko told a news conference
on Monday.

"Documents are now being studied. Thus, Armenia gets the whole chain
and becomes another country that has full nuclear cycle," he said.

He pointed out that several working groups were set up to develop
Armenia’s energy system and nuclear power plants.

"We are entering strategic and comprehensive cooperation in nuclear
power development," Kiriyenko said.