Azerbaijan`s increased activity in the issue of constructing a  nuclear power plant poses certain challenges for Armenia

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.