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Armenia constructed at least 37 unauthorized hydropower facilities on Azerbaijan’s sovereign territory during the occupation

27 February 2023 17:33 (UTC +04:00)

Chief among the hydropower assets illegally exploited by Armenia is the Tartar hydro-electricity plant (Tartar HEP) on the Tartar River's Sarsang reservoir. Armenia captured the Sarsang Reservoir and the Tartar HEP in 1994, as part of its armed aggression against Azerbaijan’s sovereign territory, APA reports citing Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan.

It was noted that Armenia also constructed at least 37 additional unauthorised hydropower facilities on Azerbaijan’s sovereign territory during the occupation.

Along with the electricity generated by the Tartar HEP, the output of these additional unauthorised facilities was expressly designated “an avenue of export” to Armenia. To facilitate its illegal exploitation of Azerbaijan’s hydropower, Armenia established a “whole unified system” of electricity distribution from the formerly occupied territories to Armenia, “regulated from Armenia” the “daily volume of electricity production,” and granted putative "licenses" to energy companies to operate the region’s existing facilities.