Energy Minister: Turkish media following political motivations
Turkish mass media are aimed at creating strained energy situation in Armenia, they are aimed at ceasing the construction of a new atomic block, Armenian Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Armen Movsisyan stated in National Assembly.
The tremors of Turkish devastating earthquake were of magnitude 3 in the Armenian nuclear power plant (NPP), the plant didn’t suffer as it is built to stand even magnitude 9, said Gagik Markosyan, the CEO NPP making remarks on media stories that the earthquake in Van influenced on the Armenian nuclear plant.
The Minister has confirmed that the NPP is built to stand even magnitude 9 quake. “Turkish and Azerbaijani statements have become something simple,” said Minister Movsisyan.