Armenian govt hands over Metsamor power plant to the turk

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Iran ready to provide Armenia with nuclear fuel: governor general
Tehran Times Political Desk

URUMIA – Iran is ready to provide Armenia with nuclear fuel for its atomic power plant which is under construction in the city of Armavir, West Azarbaijan Province Governor General Rahim Qorbani said here on Saturday.

“In light of mastering the nuclear enrichment technology… the Islamic Republic of Iran is now ready to provide nuclear fuel for the neighboring countries’ power plants,” he said in a meeting with the governor general of Armavir in Urmia.

He also said the fact that many Armenian citizens live in West Azarbaijan Province can help expand relations between the two countries

http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=199565

[retro]

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Watched most of the videos and found out one thing those guys don't give one piece of proof for what they are saying. We just have to believe them.

Anoush jan Turkey is never going to enter the EU because Germany and France don't want it in the EU. They can change as luch as they want they'll never enter the EU . They have too much people living in their country and they'll have too much power when they enter the EU.

Turks are not popular in Europe and they are not trusted. Whilst Turkey's entry into the EU is backed by the UK, it won't get in as Nationalism is on the rise in Europe.

[hrai]

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Thanks for saving me googling them, Kanada.

[KanadaHye]

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Sydney-based Worley Parsons has an office in Mississauga, Ont. Canada....


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At the start of the new millennium Worley was well poised to continue its industry sector and geographic expansion with 30 offices and 3,000 personnel globally. This success enabled Worley to diversify further through additional partnerships and acquisitions.

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Further acquisitions including Astron and Komex for environmental services, DRPL in the power sector, TMG and Watkins & Godwin in the infrastructure sector and HG Engineering, Gas Cleaning Technologies and Jones & Jones in the mineral and metals sector, have continued to deepen and broaden WorleyParsons’ capability and geographic presence.

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http://www.worleyparsons.com/Pages/default.aspx

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Australian Firm To Run Armenian Nuclear Project


An Australian engineering company has been chosen to manage the planned construction of a new nuclear power station that should replace Armenia’s aging Metsamor plant by 2017, officials said on Thursday.
The Armenian government called a corresponding international tender late last year as it pressed ahead with the implementation of the extremely ambitious project that will require billions of dollars in funding.

A spokesman for the State Procurements Agency, which has administered the tender, told RFE/RL that only two foreign companies took part in it and that one of them, the Sydney-based Worley Parsons, was judged to have submitted a better bid. “In the next 15 days negotiations will be held with the winner over the signing of an agreement,” he said. “The final cost [of Worley’s services] will be decided during those negotiations.”

Torpashian could not say if Worley Parsons will not only design but also build the new plant’s reactor. The Armenian Energy Ministry declined to provide any information on that score.

With a market capitalization of approximately $3 billion as of June 2008, Worley Parsons is one of the world’s largest providers of engineering services to the energy and other industries. The company has operating offices in 14 countries, including Russia.

President Serzh Sarkisian said in October that work on the new nuclear plant will start “in the coming months.” It is still not clear, however, just when the construction will get underway. The government has yet to attract funding for the project. A U.S.-funded feasibility study conducted last year estimated its total cost at as much as $5 billion.

Energy Minister Armen Movsisian assured Armenian parliamentarians last month that many foreign countries and companies have show interest in the project. But he did not name any of them. Armenian officials had hinted earlier that Russian companies will be placed to build the new plant.

With a projected capacity of 1,000-1,200 megawatts, the new facility would be more than twice as powerful as Metsamor’s stole operating reactor that generates more than 40% of Armenia’s electricity. The Soviet-built reactor is due to be decommissioned in 2017.

http://www.armenialiberty.org/content/article/1731785.html

[KarotheGreat]

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Or maybe the powers that be are trying to recreate the Roman Empire, and Turkey IS part of the plan.
http://www.unrv.com/roman-empire-map.php

Well there are a few holes in your theory why are countries in the Baltic allowed to join the Eu or in Scandinavia.

Add Greece and Denmark to that list.

Well they don't matter that much and will do what big powers decide like those eastern European countries don't matter in the NATO.

[meline]

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Turkey is never going to enter the EU because Germany and France don't want it in the EU. They can change as luch as they want they'll never enter the EU . They have too much people living in their country and they'll have too much power when they enter the EU.

Very well put Karo! Fully agree.

[KanadaHye]

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Turkey is not part of the Muslim world, Iran, Syria and most nations of the Muslim world hate Turkey because it supports Israel*...the only thing they share is the Muslim faith. What a retarded idea Obama has.

*But Israel is turning against Turkey

You have to remember, these aren't Obama's idea's!!!! He's just the puppet!

[Mukuch]

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Finally managed to watch it.
Well this guys are not officials one is a psychologist and other is just an management expert… well guys this can be some Levonakan provocation.. any way YT is not the source for trustworthy information.

[hipeter924]

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Watched most of the videos and found out one thing those guys don't give one piece of proof for what they are saying. We just have to believe them.

Anoush jan Turkey is never going to enter the EU because Germany and France don't want it in the EU. They can change as luch as they want they'll never enter the EU . They have too much people living in their country and they'll have too much power when they enter the EU.

Add Greece and Denmark to that list.

But here is another reason to dislike the Turkey lover Obama:

Obama’s plea to EU on Turkey carries risks

– Paul Taylor is a Reuters columnist. The opinions expressed are his own –

Basking in adulation across Europe, U.S. President Barack Obama chose to expend some of his political capital to urge the European Union to open its doors to Turkey.

This public reaffirmation of long-standing U.S. policy fits in with Obama’s attempt to restore the United States’ standing in the Muslim world, using Turkey as a platform for his first state visit to a Muslim country. It also helps rebuild strategic ties with Ankara that sank to a low ebb under George W. Bush, when Turkey refused to allow U.S. forces to use its territory and airspace to invade Iraq.

And it contributed to convincing Turkish leaders at the weekend to drop their opposition to appointing the Danish prime minister as the new head of NATO.

But it risks raising unrealistic expectations that may cause deeper disenchantment between Turks and Europeans if the EU accession negotiations remain in a slow lane to nowhere.

Obama’s call drew an instant brush-off from French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Sarkozy said it was up to EU members to decide who joins and that “the immense majority” of EU states opposed full Turkish membership. Merkel said there were obviously “differences of opinion.”

SECOND THOUGHTS

Although EU countries agreed unanimously in 2004 to start talks with Ankara with the goal of membership, some have since had second thoughts, due to hostile public opinion. France and Austria have made eventual accession subject to a referendum in their countries, raising the bar.

The talks have been hobbled by the Cyprus dispute, which led to the freezing of 8 of the 35 negotiating chapters, and by Sarkozy’s refusal to permit negotiation on policy areas that assume Turkish membership, putting another 5 off limits.

The main reason Obama cited for the EU to embrace Turkey — building ties with Muslims — is not the strongest selling point in Europe. Turkey’s qualifications include being a secular, democratic state with a vibrant market economy, a longstanding member of NATO and the Council of Europe and a strategically positioned energy hub.

His argument that Turkey has to be anchored firmly in Europe implies that it might otherwise drift off into Middle Eastern violence and religious intolerance, hardly a mark of confidence.

Turkey deserves EU membership if it meets the same criteria as all other candidates. These involve freedom of expression and the rule of law, as well as the capacity to adopt and implement more than 80,000 pages of European laws and regulations.

They require fundamental changes in the state established by Kemal Ataturk in 1923 that face resistance from nationalist elites in the army, the judiciary and the bureaucracy.

But Obama is right to warn Europeans they would do lasting harm if they are perceived to discriminate against Turkey because it is a Muslim country.

http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2009/04/06/obamas-plea-to-eu-on-turkey-carries-risks/comment-page-1/

Turkey is not part of the Muslim world, Iran, Syria and most nations of the Muslim world hate Turkey because it supports Israel*...the only thing they share is the Muslim faith. What a retarded idea Obama has.

*But Israel is turning against Turkey