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    AZG Armenian Daily #039, 04/03/2005

    Neighbors

    GEORGIA IS CONCERNED ABOUT METSAMOR NPP

    While France Is Concerned about Pankis Gorge Where Chemical and Biological
    Weapons Are Produced

    "Georgia is concerned with the fact that a nuclear power plant is situated
    near its borders," Gela Bezhuashvili said, secretary of the Georgian
    National Security Council on March 1. According to Liberty Radio Station,
    touching upon the dangers threatening Georgia, Bezhuashvili told the
    journalists that the Metsamor nuclear power plant is situated in a seismic
    country and each accident can cause an ecological disaster that "will be
    fatal for the whole region."

    It's worth reminding that for many years and even today the electricity
    generated at the Metsamor NPP is being exported to Georgia at much lower
    prices than the Armenian consumer pays. For many times, the Georgian
    officials expressed their deep gratitude to Armenia for providing them with
    electricity. The EU and the US call for Armenia to close Metsamor NPP,
    suggesting 100 million euros against that. Meanwhile, the Yerevan
    authorities do not mention that the country needs $1 billion for proceeding
    alternative energy plants.

    While Georgia is concerned about the Metsamor NPP, France is concerned about
    Pankis gorge in Georgia. "The international terrorists produce chemical and
    biological weapons in Pankis gorge," Dominique de Villepin, French home
    affairs minister, stated at the scientific conference dedicated to the
    issues of biological terrorism held in Lyon, on March 1.

    According to Georgian Kavkazpress agency, there are documents at disposal of
    the French special services that testify to the fact that Al Qaeda generates
    biological weapon of mass destruction near the Georgian border with
    Chechnya. French minister stated that the Al Qaeda groups trained in
    Afghanistan moved to Georgia and continue experiments in generating chemical
    and biological weapons in Pankis gorge.

    According to Interfax, Vano Merabishvili, Georgian home affairs minister,
    commenting on the statement made by his French colleague, said that Tbilisi
    has no information on that.
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