PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF RUSSIA TO UN: PROCEDURES ON JOINING OF ARMENIA AND UKRAINE TO INTERNATIONAL URANIUM ENRICHMENT CENTER AT ANGARSK ARE COMING TO THE END

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2008-10-28 12:11:00

ArmInfo. The procedures on joining of Armenia and Ukraine to the
International Uranium Enrichment Center are currently coming to the
end, Permanent Representative of Russia to UN Vitaly Churkin said at
the session of UN General Assembly during discussion of the report
on the activity of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). As
the UN News Center reports, V. Churkin recalled that the Center was
created jointly with Russia and Kazakhstan in 2007 on the basis of
the Russian Federal enterprise . As V. Churkin said, the Center has
been opened for joining of the third states without any political
conditions. RF Permanent Representative also said that his country
intends to assist Ukraine "in enhancement of safety of Chernobyl NPP
site and speed-up of the object decommissioning process". "We shall
allocate $17 million for these purposes on account of nuclear safety
and the "Shelter" Chernobyl Fund, the Russian ambassador said. V,
Churkin also told about the Russian initiative on creation of a global
nuclear energy infrastructure that allows to assure equal access of
all the interested countries to the nuclear energy under reliable
observance of requirements of the regime of non-proliferation of
nuclear weapons.