Armenia provides extra electricity to Georgia during major blackoutJuly 28, 2014 - 14:22 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Most of Georgia, including capital city Tbilisi, was left without electricity for two and a half hours after damage of several power lines late on Sunday, July 27 night, Civil Georgia reports. Damage of two 220-kilovolt power lines, Kolkhida-2 and Paliastomi-1, as well as 500-kilovolt power line Imereti caused the major power outage, affecting almost entire country except of Adjara and parts of Samegrelo region, according to the ministry of energy. While one of the damaged 220-kV power lines, Kolkhida-2, was restored by dawn on Monday, efforts are still underway to restore two others and restoration is expected to be over by Monday evening, officials say. Power supply, which was restored at about 1am on Monday, was made possible as a result of emergency electricity imports from Armenia and Turkey, said Sulkhan Zumburidze, a senior executive of the state-owned power transmission company, Georgian State Electrosystem. Energy Minister, Kakha Kaladze, thanked “our friendly country, Armenia” and his Armenian counterpart “for providing a huge assistance” to Georgia as it suffered major power blackout in last four years. 500-kV transmission line, Imereti, was damaged in Martvili municipality in western region of Samegrelo; the damage was probably caused by bad weather conditions, but law enforcement agencies are also looking into the matter, according to the Energy Ministry. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | Turkey extends military presence in Azerbaijan The Turkish parliament has adopted a bill submitted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan to extend the mandate of Turkish troops. Russia to begin assessing migrant workers' speaking skills Rosobrnadzor is planning to change the Russian language exam for migrant workers and include an assessment of speaking skills Armenian, Saudi Foreign Minister meet in Riyadh The two commended the positive dynamics of the development of political dialogue between Armenia and Saudi Arabia Pashinyan: Azerbaijan’s proximity shouldn’t worry border residents At the same time, he said that he “does not guarantee [the security of villagers] one hundred percent”. |