Turkey to build 45-meter-high dam near border with Armenia – Turkish

Turkey to build 45-meter-high dam near border with Armenia – Turkish official

April 06, 2013 | 14:19

Hayati Celenk, the Kars Province Head of the Turkish State Water
Affairs General Directorate, stated that a dam will be constructed on
the Arax River, near the border with Armenia.

Celenk informed that the-45 meter-high dam will be built nearby Yukari
Ciyrikli village of Tuzluca city in Turkey’s Igdir Province, and 1,200
meters away from the border with Armenia, Dogan News Agency of Turkey
reports.

The Turkish official also noted that the dam will be used for
agricultural purposes, since the Igdir Plain has a water problem.

To note, in a recent interview with Armenian News-NEWS.am, Chairman
Vladimir Movsisyan of the Presidential Committee on Lake Sevan Issues
of Armenia had expressed a concern about the dams which Turkey plans
to build on Arax River.

News from Armenia – NEWS.am

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

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