USA EXPRESSES INTEREST IN IRAN-ARMENIA PIPELINE
Regnum News Agency, Russia
Oct 12 2005
On Wednesday, Energy Minister of Armenia Armen Movsisyan met U.S.
Energy Secretary Samuel W. Bodman in Washington. As MFA of Armenia
press office informs, Armen Movsisyan expressed his high assessment
of the US assistance to Armenian power engineering. Concerning the
upcoming deactivation of Armenia’s only nuclear power plant, Movsisyan
said it could be shut down only if there were other energy-generating
facilities available to replace it.
He also noted that Armenia hopes to keep the US assistance in the
process of the power plant deactivation and development of other
energy-generating facilities.
In his part, Samuel W. Bodman expressed his readiness for negotiations
over the ways of development of Armenian power engineering and interest
in construction of Iran-Armenia gas pipeline.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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