ArmInfo. Azerbaijan's increased activity in the issue of constructing a nuclear power plant poses certain challenges for its neighbors, particularly Armenia. Political scientist Vahe Davtyan wrote about this in his article on the Strategic Culture Foundation website.
According to him, the ongoing campaign against the Armenian nuclear power plant by Baku and Ankara which has been going on since the 1990s, is widely known. The goal is quite clear - to deprive Armenia of the status of the only country in the South Caucasus with nuclear power. "The risks for Armenia are becoming more apparent now, especially as the country lacks a clear plan for the future of the 'peaceful atom' and is increasingly considering the experimental small nuclear reactors proposed by the Americans. As we previously wrote, if this decision is made, it would result in the reduction of Armenia's nuclear energy and a sharp increase in the country's reliance on electricity imports. This will also be largely facilitated by the launched program for the liberalization of the electricity market. Meanwhile, Azerbaijan is expanding its presence in the electric power industry, undertaking several projects at once: from an underwater cable across the Black Sea to a power transmission line project through the so-called ''Zangezur corridor.'' Both projects are actively promoted as part of the green corridor concept. Given the megatrend of the ''nuclear renaissance'', the potential construction of a nuclear power plant in Azerbaijan connected to these projects, may already acquire quite clear contours in the medium term," the political scientist believes.
