IRANIAN GAS TO ENABLE ARMENIA TO JOIN NABUCCO PROJECT

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
09.09.2009 19:39 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Statements on Azerbaijan’s intention to open
border with Armenia is a good impulse from Baku, Paata Zakareashvili,
Program Director at Center for Development and Cooperation, told a
PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

"If Karabakh conflict is impossible to resolve within coming years,
Armenian-Turkish rapprochement will be a good chance for moving
forward with the process. But if it is in frozen state, there will
hardly be any changes," Georgian expert said.

Not anticipating any breakthrough in Karabakh process, the expert
nonetheless believes in possibility of certain progress. "I think
such dynamics will be first of all related to Turkey. In my opinion,
Ankara is attempting to conduct balanced policy with Yerevan and Baku,"
Zakareashvili noted.

With regard to Nabucco project, expert believes that pipeline’s being
filled with Iranian gas will increase Armenia’s likelihood of joining
the project. "But if pipeline is supplied with Azerbaijani gas,
that will hardly be possible" he added.