Iran is ready to provide Armenia with nuclear fuel for its atomic power plantJuly 27, 2009 - 16:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Iran is ready to provide Armenia with nuclear fuel for its atomic power plant which is under construction in the city of Armavir, West Azerbaijan Province Governor General Rahim Qorbani said on Saturday. "In light of mastering the nuclear enrichment technology the Islamic Republic of Iran is now ready to provide nuclear fuel for the neighboring countries' power plants," he said in a meeting with the governor general of Armavir Ashot Kaghramanyan in Urmia. He also said the fact that many Armenian citizens live in West Azerbaijan Province can help expand relations between the two countries, Tehran Times reported. 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 | Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. “Great success”: Pashinyan pleased with new border protocol Pashinyan has described the signing by Armenia and Azerbaijan of a protocol on delimitation in Tavush as “a great success”. Armenia, Azerbaijan sign protocol on demarcation coordinates Armenia’s government took on May 15 another step towards handing over four border areas to Azerbaijan. U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow. |