PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE AND SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF IRAN’S PRESIDENT
DISCUSS PROJECT OF CONSTRUCTION OF GAS PIPE-LINE FROM IRAN TO EUROPE
THROUGH ARMENIA AND GEORGIA
KIEV, FEBRUARY 25. ARMINFO-RBC. President of the Ukraine Victor
Yushchenko and Special Representative of Iran’s President for issues
of Caspian Sea and CIS countries Mehdi Safari discussed in Kiev the
issues of construction of gas pipe-line from Iran to Europe through
the territory of the Ukraine. Safari informed journalists in Iran’s
Embassy in the Ukraine. According to Safari, already next week the
Ukrainian-Iranian subcommission for energy issues, headed by Deputy
Minister of Fuel and Energy, during its this sitting in Kiev will
discuss the feasibility study of the project of construction of this
gas pipe-line. As Safari mentioned, earlier th Ukraine “did not have
serious attitude to the project of construction of this gas
pipe-line”, and after the coming of Victor Yushchenko to power “the
negotiations on the construction of the gas pipe-line were
continued”. It is envisioned that the gas pipe-line will pass from
Iran through the territory of Armenia, Georgia, Russia and the
Ukraine.
At the same time Safari added that the first section of the gas
pipe-line to Armenia will be built by the end of 2006. At the
beginning of February Deputy Chairman of the Board of the ukrainian
company “Oil and gas of the Ukraine” Alexander Kisilyev informed that
the company is examining the issue of construction of the gas
pipe-line through which gas will be supplied from Iran to Armenia.To
remind, earlier Iran envisaged to provide only Armenia with gas.