There is no agenda to hand over the Electric Networks of Armenia company to Turkish companies, even at a theoretical level. Mesrop Mesropyan, Chairman of the Public Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC) of Armenia, told this to a press conference Monday.

Mesropyan said that he does not see any such signs “on the ground, in real reality at the moment.”

“As the chairman of the [Public Services Regulatory] Commission [of Armenia], as an expert and as a citizen, I consider this approach normal,” the official noted, as he commented on Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s recent statement that the energy systems of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Turkey could be combined.

“We [i.e. Armenia] were complaining about the blockade [of Armenia by Azerbaijan and Turkey] for years. But now, it seems we have started to complain about the lifting of the blockade,” Mesropyan added.

He emphasized that the infrastructure must operate, as it provides broad opportunities for solving existing problems in the energy sector.

"This [i.e. combining the energy systems] enables the simultaneous and joint operation of two energy systems to operate more flexibly, and also simplifies management from an engineering point of view. The economic benefit is no less important: we [i.e. Armenia] have a surplus of electricity, but we do not know what to do with it. If tomorrow there is an opportunity to sell electricity to markets other than the Iranian market, why not do it?" concluded the PSRC chief.