Armenia joins uranium enrichment project

ANS
23.05.2009 18:21

Agreement has been reached during the Council of CIS prime ministers`
meeting in Astana.

Kazakhstan agreed Armenia’s participation in a uranium enrichment
project signed eariler between Russia and Kazakhstan. ArmInfo quotes
Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisyan as saying. According to
Sarkisyan, the agreement was reached during the Council of CIS prime
ministers` meeting in Astana.

In 2006, Russia and Kazakhstan set up an international uranium
enrichment center in the Russian city of Angarsk. The center is
expected to work with full capacity by 2013.