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TABRIZ-YEREVAN OIL PIPELINE - GREAT BOAST, SMALL ROAST
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April 12 2012
Azerbaijan
There has been a proposal to construct an oil pipeline between the
Iranian city of Tabriz and Yerevan but no specific project is being
implemented at present, according to Lusine Harutyunyan, a spokesperson
for the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources.
Speaking to Tert.am, Harutyunyan said that the pipeline, if launched,
would enable Armenia to import oil supplies from the Persian Gulf.
The managing director of the National Iranian Oil Refining &
Distribution Company, Jalil Salari, had earlier told Mehr News Agency
that importing oil products through Georgia is not economically sound
for Armenia therefore the country has opted for importing the product
from Iran.
Salari was quoted as saying that the country's private sector will
transfer oil products to Armenia via road transportation fleet in
the first phase.
But the Ministry's spokesperson said she was unaware of the Iranian
news agency's report.
"No oil products are being imported to Armenia upon the Ministry's
initiative," she said. "The pipeline is not ready yet, and no imports
are carried out via transport."
"Armenia has an agreement with Iran, but that's still under
consideration," Hautyunyan said, adding that the document, which only
expresses Armenia's intention to develop the pipeline, was signed by
Minister Armen Movsisyan who visited the country in February.
The Armenian translation of the document is said to contain
inaccuracies.
Speaking to Tert.am, Director of the Regional Studies Center (RSC)
Richard Giragosyan said he treats the project with suspicion,
considering it a bluff by the Iranian side. According to him, the
country might have proposed the idea in an attempt to avoid sanctions.
From: A. Papazian
Trend
April 12 2012
Azerbaijan
There has been a proposal to construct an oil pipeline between the
Iranian city of Tabriz and Yerevan but no specific project is being
implemented at present, according to Lusine Harutyunyan, a spokesperson
for the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources.
Speaking to Tert.am, Harutyunyan said that the pipeline, if launched,
would enable Armenia to import oil supplies from the Persian Gulf.
The managing director of the National Iranian Oil Refining &
Distribution Company, Jalil Salari, had earlier told Mehr News Agency
that importing oil products through Georgia is not economically sound
for Armenia therefore the country has opted for importing the product
from Iran.
Salari was quoted as saying that the country's private sector will
transfer oil products to Armenia via road transportation fleet in
the first phase.
But the Ministry's spokesperson said she was unaware of the Iranian
news agency's report.
"No oil products are being imported to Armenia upon the Ministry's
initiative," she said. "The pipeline is not ready yet, and no imports
are carried out via transport."
"Armenia has an agreement with Iran, but that's still under
consideration," Hautyunyan said, adding that the document, which only
expresses Armenia's intention to develop the pipeline, was signed by
Minister Armen Movsisyan who visited the country in February.
The Armenian translation of the document is said to contain
inaccuracies.
Speaking to Tert.am, Director of the Regional Studies Center (RSC)
Richard Giragosyan said he treats the project with suspicion,
considering it a bluff by the Iranian side. According to him, the
country might have proposed the idea in an attempt to avoid sanctions.
From: A. Papazian