NEGOTIATIONS AROUND GAS PRICE WITH RUSSIAN SIDE COMPLETED
Noyan Tapan
Apr 05 2006
YEREVAN, APRIL 6, NOYAN TAPAN. The negotiations around an increase
in the gas price with the Russian side have been completed, and the
tariff of 1,000 cubic meters of the gas imported into Armenia has
become 110 dollars since April 1. Shushan Sardarian, spokeswoman
for ArmRusgasprom, told NT correspondent about it. NT correspondent
failed to get the RA government’s comments on the matter. To recap,
in response to a question of NT correspondent, RA Defence Minister,
Armenian Co-Chairman of the Armenian-Russian Intergovernmental
Commission on Economic Cooperation Serge Sargsian said on March 31
that the tariff of gas supplied by Russia to Armenia would not become
110 USD from April 1.
Prior to that, the Armenian Prime Minister had stated that in case
of an increase in the gas price the government will take steps to
compensate the population for it.