Mayor of Turkey’s Kars province announced on Monday that Kars municipality will open an international case for the closure of Armenia’s Metsamor Nuclear Plant claiming that it casts danger for the region which is on the fault line.
Mayor Naif Alibeyoglu, speaking to Cihan news agency (CHA) said if their attempts fail they will make a protest march for the closure of the nuclear plant.
After the statements of an academician from Ferrara University on the dangers of the plant who visited the region last week, Kars municipality and council decided to open a case for the closure of the plant.
Alibeyoglu said Turkish and Armenian people will face a big danger in the case of a possible earthquake, because of this outdated plant, that was established in the 1970s.
Alibeyoglu stated they will apply to the International Atomic Energy Agency and to the International Court of Human Rights and added, “We are waiting a positive result, because we will apply to these institutions together with nongovernmental organizations.”
“The Turkish government should start an initiative for the closure of the plant. Both Turkish and Armenian people should be aware of the this danger,” said Alibeyoglu and warned that a Rapid Action Plan for this case was not sufficient for a possible danger, and, “It should be improved as soon as possible.”
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