The sixth session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context started in Geneva on June 2 has made a decision on Armenia’s violation of its obligation in regard to the construction of a new nuclear reactor,SIA reports.
The Meeting of teh Parties to Espoo Convention adopted a final decision over the allegation raised by Azerbaijan on violation of the regulations of the convention regarding the construction of the new Metsamor nuclear reactor in the territory of Armenia as part of the Implementation Committee.
The Meeting of the Parties to Espoo Convention decided that the construction of the new nuclear reactor in Armenia’s territory violates the country’s obligations to the convention and gave a mandate to the Implementation Committee of the Espoo Convention to keep the issue under the control and conduct the monitoring in this regard.