Still, the reaction in Yerevan to the idea of a Turkish-built nuclear power plant remains chilly. "Obviously, it is a political gesture, [and] not a good one," said Ruben Safrastian, director of the Institute of Oriental Studies at Armenia's National Academy of Sciences. Representatives of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, a nationalist member of the country's coalition government, termed "doubtful and unacceptable" the prospect of Turkish involvement in the project.
Bids for construction of the new power plant began yesterday.
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