Azerbaijan tells UN of concerns over Armenia nuclear plant
BAKU – Azerbaijan’s Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov on Friday expressed Baku’s concern over the construction of a new nuclear power plant in Armenia.
In a meeting in Geneva with Jan Kubis, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the deputy minister termed the construction of the facility, which is to be built on the basis of the Metsamor power plant, as a "serious threat to environmental, social and economic situation in the region".
During the meeting, the sides also praised cooperation between Azerbaijan and the United Nations, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said.
They said successful reforms were being carried out in the framework of the Economic Commission for Europe in the energy, transport, environment, customs and ICT fields.
The sides also underlined the importance of drawing up new projects in the future.
Azerbaijan and Armenia have been locked in conflict for two decades. OSCE-brokered peace talks kicked off after a lengthy war that ended with the signing of a shaky cease-fire in 1994. Armenian armed forces continue to occupy over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally recognized territory.
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