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Kocharian and Ahmadinejad to open Iran-Armenia gas pipeline March 19
16.03.2007 15:27 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ March 19 Armenian President Robert Kocharian and
Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will take part in the solemn
opening ceremony of the Iran-Armenia gas pipeline, RA President’s
Spokesman Victor Soghomonian told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

The construction of the 141-km gas pipeline was launched in November
2004. Initially Armenia will receive 1,5 mln cu m of Iranian gas per
day. The second stage supposes construction of the pipeline from
Kajaran to Ararat (150 km). The project totals $200-250 million.

The gas pipeline is built by Iran, Armenia and Russia represented by
Gazprom and RAO UES of Russia. In the course of the coming 20 years
Iran will supply Armenia with 36 bln cu m of gas. The `blue fuel’ will
be processed into energy for further export to Iran.