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    news.am, Armenia
    Aug 27 2011

    Armenia does not want to depend on gas pipeline through Georgia

    August 28, 2011 | 01:35


    YEREVAN. - WikiLeaks website published another cable from U.S. Embassy
    to Armenia. It dwells in details on the construction of the gas
    pipeline between Armenia and Iran.

    `Armenian officials have again proposed a gas pipeline from Iran to
    Armenia as a way to alleviate Armenia's concerns about the future
    diversity of energy sources. Other key factors, however, including the
    price of gas and the size of the pipeline, do not figure into the
    proposed deal, indicating that there is significantly less to the
    agreement than it appears and that the pipeline is still more a
    farfetched desire of the government than a realizable goal,' the
    February 24, 2004 cable reads.

    Armenia has long seen a potential gas pipeline from Iran as way to
    guarantee their energy supply after the inevitable nuclear power plant
    (ANPP).

    Armenia's demand for gas from Iran is not strong enough to justify the
    expense of building a pipeline. A pipeline only makes sense if the
    donor community would pay for it (perhaps in exchange for closing
    ANPP), or if the price of gas from Russia were to rise to such levels
    that a pipeline would become competitive for private investment.

    Anticipating the inevitable closure of ANPP, Armenia expects to pursue
    some strategy that reduces its reliance on the gas pipeline through
    Georgia.

    While an Iran-Armenia pipeline would be more expensive than buying
    Russian gas, it may well be the cheapest among Armenia's other
    options.

    But as long as the Armenian government is unwilling to pass the extra
    costs of diverse sourcing on the consumers, and no international
    donors are forthcoming, there is little or no possibility of an
    Armenian-Iranian gas pipeline project getting off the ground, the
    cable reads.


    From: Baghdasarian
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