Interfax cited Mr Armen Movsisian the Armenian minister of energy and natural resources said a delegation from Turkish company UNIT is due in Armenia late next month for more talks on planned imports of Armenian electricity into Turkey.

He said that Armenia was due to begin to supply Turkey with electricity in April 2009 under a preliminary agreement but has still not done so for political reasons.

Mr Movsisian said talks on planned electricity supplies resumed after the recent signature of Armenian-Turkish protocols that marked a serious improvement in relations between the two countries.

He said that on neither side are there any technical problems with organizing electricity supplies. Electricity would flow to Turkey through the current 200-megawatt Gyumri-Kars transmission line but another transmission line might be built if supplies were organized successfully.

Earlier, it was reported that Armenia would provide Turkey with 1.5 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity per year initially but later annual volumes of supplies were to increase to 3.5 billion kilowatt- hours.

Armenian electricity was exported to Turkey in the Soviet era but the exports stopped after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

(Sourced from Interfax)