ARMENIA HAS NOT DISCUSSED IRANIAN GAS PIPELINE
Lragir.am
10 April 06
In the negotiations with Gasprom on the compensation for the price of
gas Armenia did not discuss the Iran-Armenia pipeline, and did not
make any arrangements with the Russian party, stated Prime Minister
Andranik Margaryan on April 10. Andranik Margaryan said to the reporter
of the Lragir.am: “No arrangements. These are independent projects. We
continue the implementation, negotiations over the construction of
the third high-voltage transmission line, and the second project
with Iran is supply of gas; when we build the second line, it will
go on. In other words, one is not related to the other.”
The official website of Gasprom, informing about the outcome of
the Russian-Armenian talks over the price of gas, reported about an
agreement on buying the first section of the Iran-Armenia gas pipeline
from Armenia. However, several hours later the information was edited,
and the sentences on buying the gas pipeline were deleted.