Armenia, Russia discuss construction of new nuclear plantJuly 17, 2019 - 12:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Yerevan is negotiating with Moscow the possible participation of Russia in the construction of a new nuclear power plant in Armenia, Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan has said, according to RIA Novosti. Avinyan is currently in New York where he is participating in UN events. "Our energy system is built on three pillars -- nuclear energy, thermal energy and hydropower. [We have] almost equal shares of energy generation from these three sources. We do not want to give up nuclear energy," Avinyan said. “We will continue and are now looking at the possibility of building a new nuclear power plant after the Metsamor NPP is shut down. “We are ready to discuss the matter (possible participation of Russia in the construction of a new NPP in Armenia) with our Russian partners." In February, Rosatom delivered a turbo-generator to the Armenian nuclear power plant in Metsamor, the company said then. That was the second turbine generator supplied to the NPP in the town of Metsamor as part of the project to extend the service life of the plant. Top stories The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, have arrived in Washington. The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Partner news | Viva sees growing demand for cloud services In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud services Turkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks. Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. Balance of attached cards in the Idram&IDBank app From now on, users will be able to view the online balances of cards issued by ArCa system banks and attached to the app. |