Mnatsakanyan: Armenia highly appreciates the role of the IAEA and  continuous support aimed at ensuring the highest safety standards for  the Armenian NPP

ArmInfo. As a strong supporter of the non-proliferation policy, Armenia confirms its full commitment to the Non-Proliferation Treaty and other relevant treaties, as well as to the IAEA safeguards agreements and the Additional Protocol. Speaking  at the international conference on nuclear safety ICONS2020, Armenian  Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan stated.

In particular, he noted that Armenia attaches great importance to  strengthening nuclear safety both at the national and international  levels, as well as in developing reliable national legislation in the  field of nuclear energy and the protection of nuclear materials and  developing rules for the physical protection of nuclear facilities.  Armenia regularly cooperates with international partners on all  issues related to nuclear energy.  Armenia highly appreciates the  role of the IAEA and ongoing support aimed at ensuring the highest  safety standards for the Armenian nuclear power plant.

In particular, the numerous IAEA inspection and assessment missions  have confirmed Armenia's commitment to fulfill its international  obligations, as well as a high level of openness and transparency. No  violations or deviations from the requirements of international  treaties were reported.  Armenia fully complies with its  international obligations under UN Security Council Resolution 1540.   Armenia is committed to strictly following the National Action Plan  for 2015-2020 and has outlined a number of clear steps in this  direction.  Armenia is also actively involved in nuclear  non-proliferation initiatives, such as the Global Initiative on  Nuclear Terrorism and the Proliferation Security Initiative. The  Armenian government is constantly working with its international  partners at the bilateral and multilateral levels to further  strengthen its national capacity to combat nuclear smuggling.

, Mnatsakanyan  emphasized.

Responding to the attacks of the representative of Azerbaijan on the  so-called danger of the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, the Armenian  Foreign Minister emphasized that the speaker, who represents  Azerbaijan, made false and unfounded accusations against Armenia and  Artsakh.