Azerbaijani MFA calls to mobilize int’l efforts to close Armenian Metsamor NPP

BAKU, Azerbaijan, Apr.26

Trend:

The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry called on international organizations to mobilize efforts to close the Armenian Metsamor nuclear power plant in its statement for April 26 – International Day of Remembrance of the Chernobyl disaster, which took place 35 years ago, Trend reports.

The threats posed by the Metsamor plant in Armenia must be comprehensively considered by the international community, the ministry said.

The ministry also noted that this nuclear power plant was built in 1976-1980 using the same technology as the nuclear power plant in Ukraine’s Chernobyl, and is located in a seismic zone.