Armenia dismisses Turkey’s demand to shut down nuclear plant as “inappropriate”

PanARMENIAN.Net - Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate and outdated”.

Turkey announced earlier that it continues its international efforts to shut down the Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant in Armenia due to “the expiration of its operational lifespan and associated security risks.”

“Armenia has its strategy around energy security. Such demands are inappropriate and outdated. Armenia will proceed in a way that stems from our energy security,” Chair of the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee Sargis Khandanyan said, adding that there’ve been numerous such demands in the past.

“Armenia has its strategy around energy security. Such demands are inappropriate and outdated. Armenia will proceed in a way that stems from our energy security,” the MP said, adding that there’ve been numerous such demands, Armenpress reports.

He said that the whole world is shifting to atomic energy regarding hydrocarbon reserves.

Turkey has appealed to the International Atomic Energy Agency with a request on shutting down the Armenian nuclear power plant.

However, just last year the International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi said he was pleased to see the safety and security improvements made to the Metsamor Armenian Nuclear Power Plant.