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ARMENIAN PRESIDENT DENOUNCES AZERI COUNTERPART FOR SPREADING LIES ABOUT ARMENIAN NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
/ARKA/
MARCH 27, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, March 27. /ARKA/. Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan, speaking
Tuesday at a nuclear summit in Seoul, denounced his Azerbaijani
counterpart, Ilham Aliyev, for deliberate dissemination of wrong
information about Armenia's nuclear power plant.
"The blatant misinformation about the Armenian nuclear power plant,
articulated here by the president of Azerbaijan, does not surprise me,
since spreading lies about Armenia has long been a working style in
Azerbaijan," he was quoted as saying by his press service.
Sargsyan went on to blame Azerbaijan for using high rostrums to spread
lies not only about Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, but also distorting
the international documents.
"Azerbaijan distorts even well-known UN Security Council resolutions
on Nagorno-Karabakh, forgetting that it began military action, it
refused to stop them, and now its leaders come out with bellicose
statements and refuse to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict on
the basis international law ", said Sargsyan.
According to him, nuclear safety has been and remains Armenia's
priority.
"To achieve desired results, we have consistently and willingly
contributed to the implementation of all proposed programs and have
taken concrete steps to establish an effective mechanism of control,"
he said.
In his words, Armenia adopted a new law governing control of dual-use
products, including export and transit of nuclear and radioactive
materials as well as information of dual use.
According to the president, Yerevan contributes to UN Security Council
Resolution 1540 on nuclear non-proliferation.
"Armenia, as a producer of nuclear energy, has a comprehensive
cooperation with the IAEA. Safe operation of the Armenian NPP,
increasing its safety, and control of the spent fuel is one of the
priorities of the Armenian government. In this regard, we strictly
adhere to the requirements of international standards which are
mandatory for nuclear power plants of this generation," he said.
According to him, an IAEA mission last year confirmed Armenian NPP's
full compliance with these standards.
The Metsamor plant, which accounts for about 40 percent of Armenia's
electricity, has undergone numerous safety upgrades since being
reactivated in 1995. According to government figures, Armenia has
received $130 million worth of assistance from the United States,
the European Union, Russia and other international bodies to
upgrade the plant's safety. The plant located some 30 kilometers
west of Yerevan, was built in the 1970s but was closed following a
devastating earthquake in 1988 that killed some 25,000 people and
devastated much of northern Armenia. One of its two VVER 440-V230
light-water reactors was reactivated in 1995. Armenian authorities
said they will build a new nuclear power plant to replace the aging
Metsamor plant. The new plant is supposed to operate at twice the
capacity of the Soviet-constructed facility.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
/ARKA/
MARCH 27, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, March 27. /ARKA/. Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan, speaking
Tuesday at a nuclear summit in Seoul, denounced his Azerbaijani
counterpart, Ilham Aliyev, for deliberate dissemination of wrong
information about Armenia's nuclear power plant.
"The blatant misinformation about the Armenian nuclear power plant,
articulated here by the president of Azerbaijan, does not surprise me,
since spreading lies about Armenia has long been a working style in
Azerbaijan," he was quoted as saying by his press service.
Sargsyan went on to blame Azerbaijan for using high rostrums to spread
lies not only about Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, but also distorting
the international documents.
"Azerbaijan distorts even well-known UN Security Council resolutions
on Nagorno-Karabakh, forgetting that it began military action, it
refused to stop them, and now its leaders come out with bellicose
statements and refuse to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict on
the basis international law ", said Sargsyan.
According to him, nuclear safety has been and remains Armenia's
priority.
"To achieve desired results, we have consistently and willingly
contributed to the implementation of all proposed programs and have
taken concrete steps to establish an effective mechanism of control,"
he said.
In his words, Armenia adopted a new law governing control of dual-use
products, including export and transit of nuclear and radioactive
materials as well as information of dual use.
According to the president, Yerevan contributes to UN Security Council
Resolution 1540 on nuclear non-proliferation.
"Armenia, as a producer of nuclear energy, has a comprehensive
cooperation with the IAEA. Safe operation of the Armenian NPP,
increasing its safety, and control of the spent fuel is one of the
priorities of the Armenian government. In this regard, we strictly
adhere to the requirements of international standards which are
mandatory for nuclear power plants of this generation," he said.
According to him, an IAEA mission last year confirmed Armenian NPP's
full compliance with these standards.
The Metsamor plant, which accounts for about 40 percent of Armenia's
electricity, has undergone numerous safety upgrades since being
reactivated in 1995. According to government figures, Armenia has
received $130 million worth of assistance from the United States,
the European Union, Russia and other international bodies to
upgrade the plant's safety. The plant located some 30 kilometers
west of Yerevan, was built in the 1970s but was closed following a
devastating earthquake in 1988 that killed some 25,000 people and
devastated much of northern Armenia. One of its two VVER 440-V230
light-water reactors was reactivated in 1995. Armenian authorities
said they will build a new nuclear power plant to replace the aging
Metsamor plant. The new plant is supposed to operate at twice the
capacity of the Soviet-constructed facility.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress