YEREVAN.- The Armenian delegation headed by Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Armen Movsisyan  participated in the IAEA ministerial conference on nuclear safety which opened in Vienna on June 20.

The Minister delivered a report on “Program of nuclear power development in Armenia” featuring issues on improvement of security level of the Armenian NPP, construction of new power unit and conduction of stress tests.

The Armenian delegation includes Deputy Energy Minister Areg Galstyan, Armenian Ambassador to Austria, permanent representative Ashot Hovakimyan and employees of the representation, ministry’s press service informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.

During the Monday session IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano proposed that countries with nuclear power should agree to systematic, periodic peer reviews by the IAEA.

The representatives from Switzerland, Russia, Ukraine, Croatia, Armenia, Belarus and Turkey will participate in a high level meeting on the stress tests at NPPs scheduled for June 23.