Interfax, Russia
Oct 16 2009

Talks resume on Armenian electricity exports to Turkey

YEREVAN Oct 16

A delegation from Turkish company UNIT is due in Armenia late next
month for more talks on planned imports of Armenian electricity into
Turkey, the Armenian minister of energy and natural resources said on
Friday.

Armenia was due to begin to supply Turkey with electricity in April
2009 under a preliminary agreement but has still not done so for
political reasons, the minister, Armen Movsisian, told reporters.

Talks on planned electricity supplies resumed after the recent
signature of Armenian-Turkish protocols that marked a serious
improvement in relations between the two countries, Movsisian said.

He said that on neither side are there any technical problems with
organizing electricity supplies. Electricity would flow to Turkey
through the current 200-megawatt Gyumri-Kars transmission line but
another transmission line might be built if supplies were organized
successfully, the minister said.

Earlier, it was reported that Armenia would provide Turkey with 1.5
billion kilowatt-hours of electricity per year initially but later
annual volumes of supplies were to increase to 3.5 billion kilowatt-
hours.

Armenian electricity was exported to Turkey in the Soviet era but the
exports stopped after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress