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Interfax
July 26 2004
Georgia interested in gas via Iran-Armenia pipeline
Yerevan. (Interfax) - Georgia is interested in the idea of importing
Iranian gas via the Iran-Armenia pipeline, Georgian Foreign Minister
Salome Zurabishvili said in an interview with the Armenian press
during a visit to Yervan this week.
The Georgian authorities are ready to look at this idea as they aim
to develop transit shipments through the Caucuses, she said.
Earlir, Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian was cited as saying
that in talks held in Teheran at the start of July with Georgian
President Mikhail Saakashvili and Iranian authorities on cooperation
in Iranian gas transportation to Europe, two transit options were
discussed. One envisages transportation through Armenia and the other
through Azerbaijan. Iranian and Georgian media have reported that
Georgia's Energy Ministry prefers the Azerbaijan option.
A government delegation from Armenia, headed by Prime Minister
Andranik Margarian, will visit Tbilisi next week, the Armenian
government told Interfax. The delegation will include Energy Minister
Armen Movsisian. During the visit, there will be a meeting of the
intergovernmental economic cooperation committee and discussions on
cooperation in the energy sector, including gas.
Earlier, Georgian Energy Minister Niki Gilauri said Saakashvili had
reached an agreement on natural gas supplies via Azerbaijan while he
was in Iran. The minister said deliveries could begin in
January-February 2005.
July 26 2004
Georgia interested in gas via Iran-Armenia pipeline
Yerevan. (Interfax) - Georgia is interested in the idea of importing
Iranian gas via the Iran-Armenia pipeline, Georgian Foreign Minister
Salome Zurabishvili said in an interview with the Armenian press
during a visit to Yervan this week.
The Georgian authorities are ready to look at this idea as they aim
to develop transit shipments through the Caucuses, she said.
Earlir, Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian was cited as saying
that in talks held in Teheran at the start of July with Georgian
President Mikhail Saakashvili and Iranian authorities on cooperation
in Iranian gas transportation to Europe, two transit options were
discussed. One envisages transportation through Armenia and the other
through Azerbaijan. Iranian and Georgian media have reported that
Georgia's Energy Ministry prefers the Azerbaijan option.
A government delegation from Armenia, headed by Prime Minister
Andranik Margarian, will visit Tbilisi next week, the Armenian
government told Interfax. The delegation will include Energy Minister
Armen Movsisian. During the visit, there will be a meeting of the
intergovernmental economic cooperation committee and discussions on
cooperation in the energy sector, including gas.
Earlier, Georgian Energy Minister Niki Gilauri said Saakashvili had
reached an agreement on natural gas supplies via Azerbaijan while he
was in Iran. The minister said deliveries could begin in
January-February 2005.