S.Sargsyan at the opening of Yerevan thermal power-station

Today took place the official opening of the Yerevan thermal power-station on which was present also the RA President, Serzh Sargsyan. The latter also took part in the foundation ceremony of the energy block which took place on June 30, 2008.

As the reporter of Aysor.am informs Armenian Energy and Natural Resources Minister Armen Movsisyan mentioned in his opening speech that for the implementation of the Yerevan thermal power-station the Armenian Government and the International cooperation bank in March 2005 was signed an agreement on giving a loan the amount of which was 26.409bln Japanese yen which is around 284mln U.S. dollars with 0.75% and 30 years for paying the interest.

On his turn Hiroshi Minami who is the envoy of the Japanese government to Armenia has stressed that the Armenian – Japanese cooperation will go on and in the future there will be more economic support suggested to Armenia for implementation of such kind of projects.