TBILISI: Armenia Not Importing Iranian Gas Just Yet

ARMENIA NOT IMPORTING IRANIAN GAS JUST YET
By M. Alkhazashvili, translated by Diana Dundua

Messenger.ge
Tuesday, September 11, 2007, #172 (1439)
Georgia

Armenian Energy Minister Armen Movsesian denied that Armenia was
about to begin importing Iranian natural gas, according to the news
agency Regnum.

The National Iranian Gas Company had previously claimed that Iran would
begin exporting natural gas to Armenia from September 22. Movsesian
stated that while Armenia can receive Iranian gas via the Iran-Armenia
pipeline, it does not need this supply yet.

"I don’t think Armenia will need additional supplies of natural gas
in September," Movsesian said.

The Iran-Armenia pipeline is envisaged as an alternative to the
northern route from Russia via Georgia from which Armenia currently
receives its supply.

While the pipeline officially began operating in December 2006,
improvement work to increase its capacity is still in progress on a
section between Kajaran and Yerevan.

Under the 20-year contract, Iran will exchange one cubic meter of
natural gas for every three kilowatts of electricity from Armenia.

An agreement to build the USD 200 million-project was signed in 1992
but construction did not begin until 2004.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS