Armenia, Iran sign agreements on gas pipeline construction

Mediamax news agency
8 Sep 04

Yerevan, 8 September: Two documents on the construction of the
Iran-Armenia gas pipeline were signed at the end of Armenian-Iranian
talks in Yerevan today.

The documents are an agreement on financing the construction of
the Megri-Kadzharan section of the Iran-Armenia gas pipeline and an
agreement on the contractor for the construction project.

The Armenian and Iranian energy ministers, Armen Movsisyan and
Habibollah Bitaraf [respectively], also signed a memorandum on
cooperation between their ministries.

At a joint news conference with Iranian President Mohammad Khatami,
Armenian President Robert Kocharyan said that “the energy sector
remains the most important sphere in the two countries’ relations”. He
went on to add that over the recent years the two sides had accumulated
much experience in this sphere. “Building on that experience,
we intend to join our infrastructures which add a new quality to
our energy cooperation and will take it onto the regional level,”
Kocharyan said.