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  • BAKU: Ilham Aliyev: Armenian NPP Must Be Closed

    ILHAM ALIYEV: ARMENIAN NPP MUST BE CLOSED

    Turan Information Agency, Azerbaijan
    March 31, 2014 Monday

    Azerbaijan has made great efforts to prevent the use of the country as
    a transit route in the illicit trafficking of nuclear materials. This
    was stated by President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev on March 25 in
    his speech at the III nuclear security summit in The Hague.

    According to him, Azerbaijan, working closely with this purpose
    with international partners, generates the appropriate international
    standards based on the effective legislation to develop a national
    export control system .

    The President said that in the recently adopted Maritime Security
    Strategy Azerbaijan identified proliferation of nuclear and other
    weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery and related
    materials as one of the " greatest threats to maritime security ."

    However, Aliyev noted that due to the continuing occupation of 20
    percent of the internationally recognized territory of Azerbaijan the
    country has no ability to control part of its borders properly. This
    situation creates the conditions for transnational organized crime,
    illegal transport of nuclear and radioactive materials , as well as
    contamination of Armenian-occupied territories of Azerbaijan by the
    disposal of radioactive waste.

    Next Azerbaijani President drew attention to the fact that the old
    nuclear power plant in Armenia built almost 40 years ago is a big
    threat to the entire region and the nearest neighbors. Consequences
    of any accident on it will be tragic. But instead of eliminating the
    international concern and closing the power plant, Armenia adopted a
    decision on continuation of the nuclear power plant by 2026, despite
    the fact that it is located in a highly seismic zone and is based on
    an outdated and extremely dangerous technology.

    "We are committed to continuing cooperation with international
    organizations and with our partners in strengthening nuclear security
    in the region and around the world, to reducing the threats of illicit
    trafficking of nuclear and radioactive materials," said Aliyev.

    During the summit, Aliyev met with the President of Kazakhstan
    Nursultan Nazarbayev, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of
    Great Britain and Northern Ireland David Cameron, the Prime Minister
    of Italy, Matteo Renzi , and the Turkish President Abdullah Gul .

    -06D-

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