NOBODY WORRIES ABOUT GAS PIPELINE

Lragir, Armenia
Oct 19 2006

President Robert Kocharyan conducted the October 19 meeting of the
NKR government and did not give any explanation to the members of
government and the other high-ranking officials on the fate of the
Iran-Armenia gas pipeline, said the minister of trade and economic
development Karen Chishmarityan. By the way, the media have reported
recently that the 40-km section of the Iran-Armenia gas pipeline was
sold to the Russians secretly from the public. According to Karen
Chishmarityan, none of the high-ranking officials inquired about the
fate of the Iran-Armenia gas pipeline.

In today’s meeting the government approved the priority of innovative
activities. It was decided to declare development of infrastructures
for innovative activities, the search for alternative sources of
energy, development of hi-tech and the use of sustainable technologies.

Karen Chishmarityan did not point to numbers, but he said recently the
Armenal factory and several other industries have been modernized. He
did not know how much the companies spent on innovations, who get
subsidy for gas, but he said something was done in the cement factory
of Hrazdan.