Azerbaijan urges UN Security Council to stop activity of Metsamor power plant

“Azerbaijan shares the concern of the international community on increasing nuclear threats and risks.

Our country attaches great importance to the ensuring of nuclear security from the first days of independence,” Permanent Representative of Azerbaijan to the UN Agshin Mehdiyev told a briefing of the UN Security Council on nuclear security, “AzerTAc” agency reports.

The briefing, held at the initiative of the US, aims to remind the UN member countries about the duty to take effective measures in accordance with the Security Council’s resolutions to prevent the access of terrorists to nuclear materials and technical aid as a continuation of the summit of the US for nuclear security and prevention of weapons of mass annihilation.

According to Mehdiyev, Azerbaijan considers its geographical situation and pays serious attention to the prevention of illegal nuclear materials from its territory. Based on cooperation with international partners and international standards, Azerbaijan formed a legal basis for control over the import: “But, unfortunately, continuous occupation of Azerbaijani lands by Armenia makes it possible to control a significant distance of the state border”.