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IRAN, ARMENIA TO DISCUSS GAS PURCHASE IN EARLY 2014
Press TV, Iran
Dec 18 2013
Armenia Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Armen Movsisyan
says Yerevan will be discussing the purchase of natural gas from Iran
during an upcoming joint economic commission in early 2014.
Movsisyan told a Tuesday parliament hearing that he had met with
Iranian Ambassador to Yerevan Mohammad Raeisi over the purchase of
natural gas from the Islamic Republic, Armenia's Arka news agency
reported.
The two sides agreed that Tehran and Yerevan hold talks on the price
of Iran's natural gas during the bilateral commission on economic
cooperation, which is expected to convene in January or February 2014,
added Movsisyan.
According to the Armenian minister, Tehran is ready to sell natural
gas to Yerevan at USD 400 per 1,000 cubic meters, adding that the two
neighboring countries have failed to reach an agreement on Iranian
gas price since 2010.
"Since we did not have other alternatives, we had to continue
negotiations with the Russian side," said the Armenian minister,
stressing, "Armenia has neither legal nor political obligation to
purchase gas only from [Russia's] Gazprom."
Iran has bartered more than 1.5 billion cubic meters of gas with
Armenia's electricity over the past six years.
The National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) said recently that around
1.5 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas has been traded with
Armenian electricity during the 2007 to 2012 period.
Last year, the Islamic Republic exchanged some 481 million cubic meters
(mcm) of gas with the neighboring country's electricity, the largest
amount of bartering between Iran and Armenia in six years.
In November, Movsisyan paid a visit to Tehran. He met with President
Hassan Rouhani and his Iranian counterpart, Hamid Chitchian, during
his stay.
Movsisyan and Chitchian signed three agreements for the implementation
of joint hydropower projects during their November talks in Tehran.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Press TV, Iran
Dec 18 2013
Armenia Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Armen Movsisyan
says Yerevan will be discussing the purchase of natural gas from Iran
during an upcoming joint economic commission in early 2014.
Movsisyan told a Tuesday parliament hearing that he had met with
Iranian Ambassador to Yerevan Mohammad Raeisi over the purchase of
natural gas from the Islamic Republic, Armenia's Arka news agency
reported.
The two sides agreed that Tehran and Yerevan hold talks on the price
of Iran's natural gas during the bilateral commission on economic
cooperation, which is expected to convene in January or February 2014,
added Movsisyan.
According to the Armenian minister, Tehran is ready to sell natural
gas to Yerevan at USD 400 per 1,000 cubic meters, adding that the two
neighboring countries have failed to reach an agreement on Iranian
gas price since 2010.
"Since we did not have other alternatives, we had to continue
negotiations with the Russian side," said the Armenian minister,
stressing, "Armenia has neither legal nor political obligation to
purchase gas only from [Russia's] Gazprom."
Iran has bartered more than 1.5 billion cubic meters of gas with
Armenia's electricity over the past six years.
The National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) said recently that around
1.5 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas has been traded with
Armenian electricity during the 2007 to 2012 period.
Last year, the Islamic Republic exchanged some 481 million cubic meters
(mcm) of gas with the neighboring country's electricity, the largest
amount of bartering between Iran and Armenia in six years.
In November, Movsisyan paid a visit to Tehran. He met with President
Hassan Rouhani and his Iranian counterpart, Hamid Chitchian, during
his stay.
Movsisyan and Chitchian signed three agreements for the implementation
of joint hydropower projects during their November talks in Tehran.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress