ArmenPress
Feb 4 2005

RUSSIA TO SHIP MORE NATURAL GAS TO ARMENIA IN 2005

MOSCOW, FEBRUARY 4, ARMENPRESS: Armenia will receive more natural
gas from Russia in 2005. An agreement to that effect was signed today
in Moscow by Alexander Miller, the chairman of board of directors of
Russian Gazprom and Karen Karapetian, the chairman of
Armenian-Russian natural gas operator Hayrusgazard.
The two men also discussed energy -related issues in view of
Armenia’s growing economy with a special emphasis on further
gasification. In 2005 Armenia is expected to consume 1.7 billion
cubic meters of gas, almost four times less than it used to consume
under the Soviets.