12-10-05 Energy Minister of Armenia Armen Movsisyan met US Energy Secretary Samuel W. Bodman in Washington.
Armen Movsisyan expressed his high assessment f the US assistance to Armenian power engineering. Concerning the upcoming deactivation of Armenia's only nuclear power plant, Movsisyan said it could be shut down only if there were other energy-generating facilities available to replace it.

He also noted that Armenia hopes to keep the US assistance in the process of the power plant deactivation and development of other energy-generating facilities.
In his part, Samuel W. Bodman expressed his readiness for negotiations over the ways of development of Armenian power engineering and interest in construction of Iran-Armenia gas pipeline.