ArmInfo. President Serzh Sargsyan met with U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz on sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, on April 1, according to the president's press-office.
The parties hailed the development of the Armenian-American cooperation in the energy field, which was strengthened by the the Memorandum of Understanding between the Governments of the Republic of Armenia and the United States on Cooperation in the Energy Area signed in Yerevan on October 18, 2012. The MoU set the directions of cooperation of the two countries in this area, including nuclear and renewable energy.
President Sargsyan underscored that the Government of the United States has made a great contribution to the upgrading of the safety level of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant. The President stressed the importance of the Department of Energy's assistance to the Armatom scientific and research institute, as well as the implementation of a number of programs by the USAID aimed at the integration of Armenia into the regional energy structure.
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