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AZERI OFFICIAL: TURKISH HYDROPOWER STATION WON'T CHANGE COURSE OF KUR RIVER
PanARMENIAN.Net
December 28, 2011 - 21:51 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Ankara and Tbilisi reached agreement on construction
of a new hydropower station in the territory of Georgia, with part
of the energy produced to be given to Turkey.
"The reports that the course of the Kur River will be diverted due to
the construction of hydropower station in Turkey are false. Turkey
will only use 285 million m3 out of 1 billion m3 of water for power
engineering," chief of the sector for environmental policy of the
Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry Mutallim Abdulhasanov said.
Abdulhasanov said the step will not influence the work of the
Mingachevir hydropower station. As he noted, according to the
hydrological data of many years, the volume of the water that flows
in Azerbaijan is 2.17 billion m3, while the figure reaches 1 billion
m3 on Turkey-Georgia border.
"285 million m3 water taken from the Kur River, will not impact the
water resources and ecosystem of our country. Anyway, this is the
sovereign right of Turkey. A state has the right to use 50 percent of
the water resources formed in its territory. International conventions
also confirm this right," APA quoted him as saying.
From: A. Papazian
PanARMENIAN.Net
December 28, 2011 - 21:51 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Ankara and Tbilisi reached agreement on construction
of a new hydropower station in the territory of Georgia, with part
of the energy produced to be given to Turkey.
"The reports that the course of the Kur River will be diverted due to
the construction of hydropower station in Turkey are false. Turkey
will only use 285 million m3 out of 1 billion m3 of water for power
engineering," chief of the sector for environmental policy of the
Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry Mutallim Abdulhasanov said.
Abdulhasanov said the step will not influence the work of the
Mingachevir hydropower station. As he noted, according to the
hydrological data of many years, the volume of the water that flows
in Azerbaijan is 2.17 billion m3, while the figure reaches 1 billion
m3 on Turkey-Georgia border.
"285 million m3 water taken from the Kur River, will not impact the
water resources and ecosystem of our country. Anyway, this is the
sovereign right of Turkey. A state has the right to use 50 percent of
the water resources formed in its territory. International conventions
also confirm this right," APA quoted him as saying.
From: A. Papazian