YEREVAN. – Armenia is interested in further cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Armenia’s PM Tigran Sargsyan said during the meeting with the Director General of IAEA Yukiya Amano on Wednesday.

As the press service of the Armenian Government informed Armenian News-NEWS.am, Amano mentioned that Armenia is an important partner for IAEA as it has got an NPP and is planning to construct another one.

“You intend to extend the operation period of the currently functioning NPP and then stop it and take it out of service. Our organization must assist Armenia in all these procedures for them to go smoothly,” Yukiya Amano mentioned.

Tigran Sargsyan informed the Director General that the schedule of procedures for extending the operation of Armenia’s NPP has already been confirmed.