  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. Partner news  Top stories U.S. officials say they want to advance efforts to start talks between the Syrian government and opposition leaders. The international conference, backed by Russia and the U.S., aims to find a political solution to the conflict in Syria. Nuland, a career foreign service officer who was until recently State's top spokesperson, was expected to be nominated the post. Alkhatib said Assad should respond within 20 days and that he should then be given a month to dissolve parliament.   Partner news |  Latest news ANCA calls for legal actions against Nişanyan sentence  The ANCA asked the State Department to condemn the Turkish government's legal actions against Sevan Nişanyan.U.S. Supreme Court urged to review Genocide-era insurance case The Supreme Court is set to consider all submissions dealing with the Armenian Genocide-era insurance case on June 6.ANCA testimony to call for conditions on Turkey trade deal ANCA Government Affairs Director Kate Nahapetian will testify this coming week before the U.S. International Trade Commission.U.S. says Syria conflict threatens Lebanon’s stability Syria has been locked in an increasingly bloody civil war since demonstrations broke out against the Assad regime in March 2011. |
