S.SARGSYAN AT THE OPENING OF YEREVAN THERMAL POWER-STATION

Aysor
April 21 2010
Armenia

Today took place the official opening of the Yerevan thermal
power-station on which was present also the RA President, Serzh
Sargsyan. The latter also took part in the foundation ceremony of
the energy block which took place on June 30, 2008.

As the reporter of Aysor.am informs Armenian Energy and Natural
Resources Minister Armen Movsisyan mentioned in his opening speech
that for the implementation of the Yerevan thermal power-station the
Armenian Government and the International cooperation bank in March
2005 was signed an agreement on giving a loan the amount of which was
26.409bln Japanese yen which is around 284mln U.S. dollars with 0.75%
and 30 years for paying the interest.

On his turn Hiroshi Minami who is the envoy of the Japanese government
to Armenia has stressed that the Armenian – Japanese cooperation will
go on and in the future there will be more economic support suggested
to Armenia for implementation of such kind of projects.