CONSTRUCTION OF NEW NUCLEAR POWER PLANT "FROZEN" FOR 10 YEARS

Panorama.am
16:44 04/09/2007

"To overcome energy dependency of Armenia and become an energy
exporting country the construction of the nuclear power plant must be
speed up and it must not again become a victim of Armenia’s external
dispositions," Chairman of National Democratic Party (AJK) Shavarsh
Kocharyan told a meeting with reporters today also saying the solution
of the problem must be "open and transparent." In his words, not less
important for the Armenian economy is the construction of Armenia-Iran
railway, which will be in the interests of Georgia, as well.

Speaking about the new nuclear power plant, the chairman of "Freedom"
party, ex-prime minister Hrant Bagratyan mentioned that in 1996
that issue was discussed during Levon Ter-Petrosyan- Jacques Chirac
meeting. He raised his surprise why the issue is "frozen" for 10
years. He reminded that according to an arrangement with the European
Union, Armenia’s nuclear power plant must have been shut down this
year but the deadline has been prolonged until 1012.