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IRAN READY TO PUMP GAS TO ARMENIA
Fars News Agency
2008-09-29
Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran voiced readiness to provide Armenia with the gas
it needs during the coming winter.
"Iran will pump three million cubic meters of gas to Armenia during
this winter," head of the National Iranian Gas Export Company (NIGEC)
Reza Kasaeizadeh said in an interview with the Iranian students
news agency.
Armenia's Energy Minister Armen Movsisyan recently said that the
capacity of the Iran-Armenia gas pipeline project would increase to
2.5 billion cubic meters per year.
"The opening of the Iranian-Armenian pipeline will guarantee the
energy safety of Armenia," he said.
He added that this would become feasible by increasing the capacity
of the Kadzharan-Yerevan section of the pipeline by November, 2008.
The Iran-Armenia gas pipeline project was officially opened on
March 19, 2007 by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Armenian
President Robert Kocharian. The project will provide Armenia with an
alternative to the gas it now imports from Russia.
The two countries will share the $220 million cost of the 140
kilometer pipeline.
Fars News Agency
2008-09-29
Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran voiced readiness to provide Armenia with the gas
it needs during the coming winter.
"Iran will pump three million cubic meters of gas to Armenia during
this winter," head of the National Iranian Gas Export Company (NIGEC)
Reza Kasaeizadeh said in an interview with the Iranian students
news agency.
Armenia's Energy Minister Armen Movsisyan recently said that the
capacity of the Iran-Armenia gas pipeline project would increase to
2.5 billion cubic meters per year.
"The opening of the Iranian-Armenian pipeline will guarantee the
energy safety of Armenia," he said.
He added that this would become feasible by increasing the capacity
of the Kadzharan-Yerevan section of the pipeline by November, 2008.
The Iran-Armenia gas pipeline project was officially opened on
March 19, 2007 by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Armenian
President Robert Kocharian. The project will provide Armenia with an
alternative to the gas it now imports from Russia.
The two countries will share the $220 million cost of the 140
kilometer pipeline.