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ARMENIA NEGOTIATING WITH RUSSIA ON GAS TARIFFS
Interfax
July 10 2012
Russia
Armenia is negotiating with Russia on gas tariffs, the Armenian Energy
and Natural Resources Minister's Press Officer Lusine Arutyunyan
told Interfax.
"We are holding negotiations relative to the entire complex of
cooperation in the energy sphere, including issues related to natural
gas tariffs," she said. So far as the negotiations are underway, the
ministry will not make any statements regarding possible changes in
the gas price, she said.
During a working meeting in Moscow on June 29, Gazprom (RTS: GAZP) CEO
Alexei Miller and Armenian Energy and Natural Resources Minister Armen
Movsisyan discussed gas price formation and boosting gas deliveries
to Armenia in 2012-2013.
In February, Movsisyan told journalists that Gazprom had not yet
informed Armenia of price hikes for natural gas this year. "I think
that such a request [to raise the gas price] will not come from the
Russian company this year," he said, noting that notification has to be
submitted four months before the planned price hike. Armenia currently
buys Russian gas at the old price - $180 per 1,000 cubic meters.
Armenia saw the cost of Russian natural gas grow from $154 per 1,000
cu m to $180 on April 1, 2010. Although price hikes normally occur
on April 1, last year the price was left unchanged for Armenia for
the first time in several years.
Russian gas deliveries to Armenia climbed 11.7% to 1.609 billion
cubic meters in 2011.
Gazprom owns 80% of CJSC ArmRosGazprom shares.
From: Baghdasarian
Interfax
July 10 2012
Russia
Armenia is negotiating with Russia on gas tariffs, the Armenian Energy
and Natural Resources Minister's Press Officer Lusine Arutyunyan
told Interfax.
"We are holding negotiations relative to the entire complex of
cooperation in the energy sphere, including issues related to natural
gas tariffs," she said. So far as the negotiations are underway, the
ministry will not make any statements regarding possible changes in
the gas price, she said.
During a working meeting in Moscow on June 29, Gazprom (RTS: GAZP) CEO
Alexei Miller and Armenian Energy and Natural Resources Minister Armen
Movsisyan discussed gas price formation and boosting gas deliveries
to Armenia in 2012-2013.
In February, Movsisyan told journalists that Gazprom had not yet
informed Armenia of price hikes for natural gas this year. "I think
that such a request [to raise the gas price] will not come from the
Russian company this year," he said, noting that notification has to be
submitted four months before the planned price hike. Armenia currently
buys Russian gas at the old price - $180 per 1,000 cubic meters.
Armenia saw the cost of Russian natural gas grow from $154 per 1,000
cu m to $180 on April 1, 2010. Although price hikes normally occur
on April 1, last year the price was left unchanged for Armenia for
the first time in several years.
Russian gas deliveries to Armenia climbed 11.7% to 1.609 billion
cubic meters in 2011.
Gazprom owns 80% of CJSC ArmRosGazprom shares.
From: Baghdasarian