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Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant. Image via Iravban.

Armenia

Armenia and US in talks to build new nuclear power plant

by Arshaluys Barseghyan

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The head of Armenia’s Security Council has said that Yerevan and Washington are in ‘substantive’ negotiations to build a new nuclear power plant in Armenia. On Wednesday, Security Council Secretary Armen Grigoryan said the two countries were now discussing a legal framework for the proposed power plant’s construction. ‘Without a legal framework, we cannot move forward. At this moment, I can say that the ball is in the US’ court’, he said, adding that work on the power plant would begin after

Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant. Photo via Wikipedia.

Armenia

Pashinyan: Negotiations underway over new nuclear power plant

by Ani Avetisyan

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Negotiations over building a new Nuclear Power Plant in Armenia are underway, Pashinyan said on Wednesday during a parliamentary Q&A session․ According to Pashinyan, the offer to build the plant was made to Armenia by one of the owners of GeoProMining, one of the largest industrial companies in the country, which will also build a new large scale copper smelter in the country. ‘Armenia will no longer export copper concentrate and import ready-made copper’, Pashinyan said, adding that the