Armenia to study Turkey’s unilateral water reservoir construction

Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan ordered the government to study Turkey’s unilateral decision to build a water reservoirs on border rivers in terms of international law, ArmInfo reports.Turkey decided to spend $20 billion on construction of the reservoirs. Specialists say that the project may cause irrigation problems in the Ararat Valley. Sargsyan noted that construction of a new energy block at the Armenian nuclear power plant was another problem for legal consideration.

Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan ordered the government to study Turkey’s unilateral decision to build a water reservoirs on border rivers in terms of international law, ArmInfo reports.

Turkey decided to spend $20 billion on construction of the reservoirs. Specialists say that the project may cause irrigation problems in the Ararat Valley. Sargsyan noted that construction of a new energy block at the Armenian nuclear power plant was another problem for legal consideration.