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AZERBAIJAN CALLS FOR CLOSURE OF ARMENIAN NUKE PLANT
news.az
Sept 22 2011
Azerbaijan
The president of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences has called
for the closure of Armenia's nuclear power station at a meeting of
the IAEA.
Mahmud Karimov harshly criticized Armenia at the 55th session of the
UN's nuclear watchdog, held in Vienna.
In his speech on 21 September, he talked about the risk posed by
Armenia's Metsamor nuclear power station to the region and the
importance of its closure.
"In my speech, I said that the Metsamor nuclear power plant is a
useless and dangerous power station," Karimov told APA.
"The European Union also expressed the need to close the plant.
Despite regular inspections of the plant by international
organizations, the results of these inspections are kept secret and no
information is given to Azerbaijan about them. The countries of the
region - Azerbaijan, Turkey and Georgia - have repeatedly proposed
allowing the specialists of these countries to examine the Metsamor
nuclear power plant. But the reports on Metsamor are not available to
these three countries. I called for the plant's work to be transparent,
and for the reports to be submitted to the regional countries."
The president of the Academy of Sciences said that Armenian
representatives at the IAEA meeting had accused Azerbaijan of abusing
the IAEA tribune and making an unprofessional speech.
"In my speech, I said once again that we will raise this question
until Armenia submits the reports on the Metsamor nuclear power plant
to the countries of the region and we will continue to use the IAEA
tribune," Karimov said.
news.az
Sept 22 2011
Azerbaijan
The president of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences has called
for the closure of Armenia's nuclear power station at a meeting of
the IAEA.
Mahmud Karimov harshly criticized Armenia at the 55th session of the
UN's nuclear watchdog, held in Vienna.
In his speech on 21 September, he talked about the risk posed by
Armenia's Metsamor nuclear power station to the region and the
importance of its closure.
"In my speech, I said that the Metsamor nuclear power plant is a
useless and dangerous power station," Karimov told APA.
"The European Union also expressed the need to close the plant.
Despite regular inspections of the plant by international
organizations, the results of these inspections are kept secret and no
information is given to Azerbaijan about them. The countries of the
region - Azerbaijan, Turkey and Georgia - have repeatedly proposed
allowing the specialists of these countries to examine the Metsamor
nuclear power plant. But the reports on Metsamor are not available to
these three countries. I called for the plant's work to be transparent,
and for the reports to be submitted to the regional countries."
The president of the Academy of Sciences said that Armenian
representatives at the IAEA meeting had accused Azerbaijan of abusing
the IAEA tribune and making an unprofessional speech.
"In my speech, I said once again that we will raise this question
until Armenia submits the reports on the Metsamor nuclear power plant
to the countries of the region and we will continue to use the IAEA
tribune," Karimov said.