Turkish firm to discuss Armenian power supplies
Representatives of Turkey`s UNIT company are
expected to visit Yerevan in late November to continue negotiating
the status of Armenia`s electric power supplies to Turkey, Armenian
Energy Minister Armen Movsisian was quoted as saying by Interfax
news agency.
According to Movsisian, under a preliminary agreement the deliveries of electricity were to begin in April but were delayed by the emergence of some political issues. The minister claimed that, following the recent signing of two protocols on mending ties by the two countries, talks on the issue have gained momentum.
Movsisian said further that power would be supplied through the distribution line stretching from Gumri to Gars, Turkey. He added that no technical problems in either country stand in the way of launching the supplies.
In the initial stage, Armenia intends to deliver 1.5 billion KWt/hr of electricity to Turkey annually, with the volume expected to reach 3.5bn KWt/hr in the future.
Armenia and Turkey have been at odds, and the border between the two countries has been closed, since 1993. However, there have been signs of normalization in Ankara-Yerevan ties of late, and the two governments signed protocols to establish diplomatic relations and reopen their borders earlier this month, in a bid to end decades of hostility.
According to Movsisian, under a preliminary agreement the deliveries of electricity were to begin in April but were delayed by the emergence of some political issues. The minister claimed that, following the recent signing of two protocols on mending ties by the two countries, talks on the issue have gained momentum.
Movsisian said further that power would be supplied through the distribution line stretching from Gumri to Gars, Turkey. He added that no technical problems in either country stand in the way of launching the supplies.
In the initial stage, Armenia intends to deliver 1.5 billion KWt/hr of electricity to Turkey annually, with the volume expected to reach 3.5bn KWt/hr in the future.
Armenia and Turkey have been at odds, and the border between the two countries has been closed, since 1993. However, there have been signs of normalization in Ankara-Yerevan ties of late, and the two governments signed protocols to establish diplomatic relations and reopen their borders earlier this month, in a bid to end decades of hostility.
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