Mediamax, Armenia
Jan 29 2007

SPOKESMAN CONFIRMS RUSSIA’S PLAN TO BUILD OIL REFINERY IN ARMENIA

Yerevan, 29 January: The press secretary of the Armenian president,
Viktor Sogomonyan, confirmed today at a briefing in Yerevan that
Yerevan and Moscow are discussing the construction of an oil refinery
in the south of the republic, near the border with Iran.

Viktor Sogomonyan pointed out that "there is no final outline yet and
it is only a project", Mediamax reported. The presidential spokesman
added that the sides should work out the details of the project.