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NUCLEAR HINTS TO ARMENIA
Hakob Badalyan, Political Commentator
Comments - 10 December 2014, 00:25
Russia has signed an agreement with Hungary on the construction of
two new generating blocks of the NPP in this country. The price of
the agreement is not mentioned but Hungary is the next country where
Russia commits to construction of a new NPP. Russia has a 20 billion
dollar program with Turkey to build a NPP.
Most probably, Azerbaijan will be the next country after Hungary, as
a few months ago the officials of this country hailed the prospects
of cooperation with Russia over nuclear energy after Putin's visit
to Azerbaijan.
Currently, Moscow is focused on Hungary whose Prime Minister Viktor
Orban is Putin's partner and EU's outcast. Putin is lending Orban a
hand for his controversy with Brussels.
Nuclear assistance to Azerbaijan after Hungary will be expected
provided the assistance for Ramil Safarov's extradition from Hungary
to Azerbaijan. Budapest and Baku did this job with the help of the
Russia-based tycoon, Putin's classmate Ilham Rahimov.
Hence, it will be symbolic if Russia builds a NPP in Azerbaijan after
building one in Hungary.
Meanwhile, the Armenian-Russian agreement to build a new NPP in Armenia
is withering; Moscow only lends 270 million and awards 30 million to
prolong the operation of the Armenian NPP. The project of the new
NPP which was announced by Serzh Sargsyan in October 2008 has been
successfully frozen to the joy of Turkey and Azerbaijan which are
openly acting against the construction of the new NPP of Armenia.
Apparently, this is Turkey's condition to make a deal with Russia
on the construction of an NPP worth billions of dollars. Instead,
Russia does not help Armenia to build a new NPP.
In the beginning, the United States and France were interested in
building a new NPP in Armenia. The French president Nicolas Sarkozy
made some statements in 2011 about seconding a working group to
Armenia to study the possibility for the participation of France.
However, France has apparently found out that since Russia's hand is
on the new Armenian NPP project, France has no chance to participate.
Neither does anyone else because Russia does not intend to build a
new NPP in Armenia. And Armenia does not have a government to have
a new NPP.
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Hakob Badalyan, Political Commentator
Comments - 10 December 2014, 00:25
Russia has signed an agreement with Hungary on the construction of
two new generating blocks of the NPP in this country. The price of
the agreement is not mentioned but Hungary is the next country where
Russia commits to construction of a new NPP. Russia has a 20 billion
dollar program with Turkey to build a NPP.
Most probably, Azerbaijan will be the next country after Hungary, as
a few months ago the officials of this country hailed the prospects
of cooperation with Russia over nuclear energy after Putin's visit
to Azerbaijan.
Currently, Moscow is focused on Hungary whose Prime Minister Viktor
Orban is Putin's partner and EU's outcast. Putin is lending Orban a
hand for his controversy with Brussels.
Nuclear assistance to Azerbaijan after Hungary will be expected
provided the assistance for Ramil Safarov's extradition from Hungary
to Azerbaijan. Budapest and Baku did this job with the help of the
Russia-based tycoon, Putin's classmate Ilham Rahimov.
Hence, it will be symbolic if Russia builds a NPP in Azerbaijan after
building one in Hungary.
Meanwhile, the Armenian-Russian agreement to build a new NPP in Armenia
is withering; Moscow only lends 270 million and awards 30 million to
prolong the operation of the Armenian NPP. The project of the new
NPP which was announced by Serzh Sargsyan in October 2008 has been
successfully frozen to the joy of Turkey and Azerbaijan which are
openly acting against the construction of the new NPP of Armenia.
Apparently, this is Turkey's condition to make a deal with Russia
on the construction of an NPP worth billions of dollars. Instead,
Russia does not help Armenia to build a new NPP.
In the beginning, the United States and France were interested in
building a new NPP in Armenia. The French president Nicolas Sarkozy
made some statements in 2011 about seconding a working group to
Armenia to study the possibility for the participation of France.
However, France has apparently found out that since Russia's hand is
on the new Armenian NPP project, France has no chance to participate.
Neither does anyone else because Russia does not intend to build a
new NPP in Armenia. And Armenia does not have a government to have
a new NPP.
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/33306#sthash.eFFbC28v.dpuf