GEORGIA RESUMES RUSSIAN GAS TRANSIT TO ARMENIA VIA RESERVE PIPE

Prime-Tass English-language Business Newswire, Russia
August 21, 2007 Tuesday 2:53 PM EET
TBILISI

Georgia has resumed Russian natural gas transit to Armenia via a
reserve pipeline, a spokesman for the Georgian International Oil and
Gas Corporation said Tuesday.

Gas transit was suspended on August 20 due to planned repairs along
the Georgian stretch of the North Caucasus – Trans-Caucasus pipeline.

The repairs are continuing, but this is not hindering Russian gas
transit to Armenia, the spokesman said.

The repairs are expected to last approximately a week, the Georgian
International Oil and Gas Corporation said Monday.