ARMENIA TO BE READY TO ACCEPT IRANIAN GAS IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR

Panorama.am
Source: Panorama.am
18:53 09/01/2007

Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanyan said today that Armenia will
be ready to accept the Iranian gas in the first quarter of the year.

"I am back from Iran quite recently. Concrete arrangements have been
reached with the Iranian gas to end tests in January and open the
line in March," the minister said.

Oskanyan said he thinks it is logical to hand over 40-km section of
the gas pipeline to Hayrusgazard, Russian gas supplier. "It was my
personal suggestion," the minister said.

He said he believes the Iranian side will accept the suggestion with
understanding.