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Naira Badalian

Armenia`s government grants loan to Armenian NPP 

Armenia`s government grants loan to Armenian NPP 

ArmInfo.The Armenian nuclear-power plant (NPP) has taken out another loan, AMD 6bln ($12,516,609 at the current exchange rate), from the government to  repay and serve the loans previously received for extending the NPP  operation. 

Armenia's Cabinet approved a relevant decision on Thursday.

Under an Armenian-Russian intergovernmental agreement, Russia issued  a $300mln government loan (a $270mln loan and a $30mln grant) to  Armenia for modernizing the second power unit of the Armenian NPP. By  the end of February 2020, the Armenian side had utilized $200mln.