 Armenia strengthening energy securitySeptember 26, 2009 - 16:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan attended Saturday the construction site of Yerevan heating plant. "Construction works are at the final stage. The launch is scheduled for April 30, 2010," heating plant director Hovakim Hovhannisyan told reporters before the President's arrival. "The launch of the 271-megawatt heating plant is extremely important for Armenia, since it will allow processing of 1 kilowatt-hour of energy with half as much use of gas," he said. For his part, RA Energy Minister Armen Movsisyan said that "with such technical feasibility, the plant will the region's leader." Asked whether the energy will be exported, Minister Movsisyan said the internal market will be supplied first of all.   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 |  Related sections Latest 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 skillsArmenian, Saudi Foreign Minister meet in Riyadh The two commended the positive dynamics of the development of political dialogue between Armenia and Saudi ArabiaPashinyan: 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”. |
