ArmInfo. Another provocative attempt by Baku in PACE to close the Metsamor NPP failed. This is reported by the Head of the Armenian delegation to PACE, Deputy President of Parliament Arpine Hovhannisyan.
She, in particular, noted that when adopting the resolution "Nuclear Safety in Europe" in PACE, the purpose of which is to take steps to improve the safety of nuclear power plants and reduce risks in the event of terrorist attacks, the Azerbaijani delegation tried to include in the document provisions for the requirement to terminate the Metsamor NPP operation. However, the Armenian delegation prevented these attempts. "The efforts of the Armenian delegation were to prevent the appointment of a co-rapporteur on monitoring in Armenia in the faction of the European People's Party who was not objective in his views. As a result, Slovenian representative Andrey Shirchel was appointed co-rapporteur on monitoring," Hovhannisyan wrote on Facebook.