Armenian nuclear cooperation with US key

According to Fars News Agency’s International Service, Armenian media reported on Monday that the Armenian and US foreign ministers met and pledged to cooperate in the field of nuclear energy.

According to the news agency “News ArmeniaArmenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken met at the US State Department on Monday.

During the meeting, Blinken and Mirzoyan signed a memorandum of strategic cooperation and mutual understanding on civilian nuclear energy. No further details on future US-Armenian nuclear cooperation have been reported.

Mirzoyan is scheduled to attend the Armenia-US Strategic Dialogue. He will also meet with Samantha Power, Special Assistant to the President of the United States, and other US officials, including senior members of Congress.

Armenia has a population of 30 million, and one of the most important issues facing the country’s industry and economy is the lack of energy resources that has made it dependent, and this is one of the factors that increase the strategic position of nuclear energy in this country. For example, according to the US Energy Information Administration, Armenia imports natural gas from Iran and allocates a large portion of it to generating electricity at the Harazdan power plant.

Turkey has repeatedly protested the continued operation of Armenia’s nuclear power plants, including the Metsamur plant, and called for its closure. In early 2011, the head of the Turkish Atomic Energy Organization announced a leak of nuclear material at the Armenian nuclear power plant.

Turkey and the Republic of Azerbaijan have not yet reacted to US nuclear cooperation with Armenia.

Meanwhile, the Turkish president recently said that the first unit of the Turkish nuclear power plant will be completed by May 2023.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, at a ceremony in the southern Turkish province of Mersin, stressed the importance of nuclear energy for the country’s future, saying a total of 13,000 Turkish and Russian engineers are working to complete the plant, and that the facility will be equipped with the latest And the safest technology is under construction.

“The Aqqoyu facility will help the environment and our technological advances by generating electricity and reducing carbon emissions,” Erdogan said.

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