YEREVAN. – Prime Minister of Armenia, Tigran Sargsyan, commissioned to conduct a study, from the legal point of view, Turkey’s unilateral decision to build reservoirs on rivers. 

Sargsyan attended the official presentation of the inaugural Armenian yearbook on International Comparative Law, the launch of the www.karabakhfacts.com information site, and the annual conference on the legal matters of the foreign policy of Armenia.     

Sargsyan underscored the studies, from the viewpoint of international law, on the matters concerning Armenia. 

“Today, not solely the Nagorno-Karabakh issue should be at the focus from the viewpoint of comparative law. Today, the effective use of water resources is important, too, considering that a significant portion of these resources is formed in the territory of modern-day Turkey.

“The government of that country has unilaterally made a decision and allocated $20 billion for the construction of reservoirs on the rivers which greatly impact the water resources that form in [Armenia’s] Ararat Valley.

“[As a result,] according to experts, we will have a serious problem years later, in connection with the irrigations systems in the Ararat Valley,” the PM said.  

In Sargsyan’s words, however, there are certain legal grounds that should enable Armenia to protect its national interests.

“The second matter, which likewise is in the domain of legal research, is the construction of a new nuclear power plant. Considerable legal services are needed so that we would not face future obstacles in the construction of the new plant,” the premier noted.  

In the Armenian PM’s view, Azerbaijan’s breach of its international commitments in the domain of arms likewise should be the subject of a serious study.