Armenia To Study Turkey’s Unilateral Water Reservoir Construction

ARMENIA TO STUDY TURKEY’S UNILATERAL WATER RESERVOIR CONSTRUCTION

Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
Dec 23 2013

23 December 2013 – 9:16am

Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan ordered the government to
study Turkey’s unilateral decision to build a water reservoirs on
border rivers in terms of international law, ArmInfo reports.

Turkey decided to spend $20 billion on construction of the reservoirs.

Specialists say that the project may cause irrigation problems in
the Ararat Valley. Sargsyan noted that construction of a new energy
block at the Armenian nuclear power plant was another problem for
legal consideration.

Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan ordered the government to
study Turkey’s unilateral decision to build a water reservoirs on
border rivers in terms of international law, ArmInfo reports.

Turkey decided to spend $20 billion on construction of the reservoirs.

Specialists say that the project may cause irrigation problems in
the Ararat Valley. Sargsyan noted that construction of a new energy
block at the Armenian nuclear power plant was another problem for
legal consideration.

http://vestnikkavkaza.net/news/economy/49069.html

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