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azg: ARMENIA HANDS OVER SEVEN FACILITIES TO RUSSIA

Anatoly Chubais, the Chairman of the Board of the “Unified Energy Systems (UES) of Russia” joint-stock company has arrived today in Armenia for a one-day trip to finalize with Armenian authorities the last details of a major deal, under which seven major Armenian power facilities will be given to Russia’s management, Armenpress reported.

Chubais was expected to meet with Armenian President Robert Kocharian to sign a protocol on cooperation and a number of another documents and also with Prime Minister Andranik Margarian, Defense Minister Serge Sarkisian, and Minister of Energy Armen Movsesyan to discuss, in particular, prospects for the implementation of joint Russo-Armenian energy projects.

Chubais pointed out earlier in a talk to journalists that the RAO UES had conducted negotiations to get property rights to the Hrazdan central heating and power plant, the cost of which is estimated at 31 million USD, and a property complex of five hydropower stations of Sevan-Hrazdan cascade with an aggregate cost of 25 million USD.

Besides, the company will get the right to day-to-day operation of the Armenian nuclear power station (ANPS) in repayment of debt for the nuclear fuel used. In the process, Armenia will retain the ownership of the ANPS, the only one in the Transcaucasus.

UES officials, in an Itar-Tass interview, confirmed that the holding company will soon begin to make large investments in the energy system of Armenia. This is necessary, in particular, for effecting the delivery of electric power from there to Georgia as well as for establishing a common energy space in the Commonwealth of Independent States.

RAO UES is also considering possibilities for exports of electricity to Turkey across Armenia. Chubais was earlier quoted by Russian Ria Novosti agency as saying that “Turkish market is fantastically attractive for Russia both in terms of wholesale prices and in terms of its development, but Russia can do it only after synchronizing its power systems with that of Armenia.

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