  Georgia’s ex-president joins those “concerned” over Metsamor NPP March 28, 2011 - 13:38 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Georgia’s ex-president Eduard Shevardnadze urged the Georgian authorities to immediately launch negotiations with Armenia with respect to safety of Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant (NPP). “Reports about the Armenian NPP’s condition raise serious concerns. The Armenian NPP turned out to be in the most deplorable condition and there are not any safety guarantees, what threatens the entire region,” Asaval Dasaval weekly quoted Shevardnadze as saying. He thinks that under such conditions Georgia should launch negotiations with Armenia to avoid the expected tragedy. The Metsamor NPP, which has been operated since 1976, is located in a seismic zone, around 30km west of Yerevan, Armenia’s capital. After the 1988 disastrous earthquake in Spitak, the Armenian authorities decided to close the nuclear plant. In 1993 the NPP was re-launched.   Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads.   Partner news |  Latest news The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity  The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization.Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |
