Doucet says no people live in the valley and whatever the environmental costs, these would be offset by the benefits of the project.

世界能源理事会的杜斯特秘书长说，这个山谷中没有居民，而且无论这项工程的环境成本有多高，都能被工程的益处所抵消。

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"I'm coming into this job with my eyes open, and no illusions, " Mr Brahimi told the BBC's Lyse Doucet in an interview in New York.

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Lyse Doucet also spent nearly five years in West and South Asia, starting in Kabul in 1988-1989 to cover the withdrawal of Russian troops from Afghanistan.

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