Azerbaijan to increase Georgia gas supply by 500 million cubic metersFebruary 29, 2016 - 16:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijan will supply additional 500 million cubic meters (mcm) of gas per year to Georgia, Trend cited the president of Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR as saying. Rovnag Abdullayev made the remarks on the sidelines of the second meeting of the Southern Gas Corridor Advisory Council in Baku on Monday, February 29. “Previously, we supplied 800 mcm of gas to Georgia from the Shah Deniz gas field annually,” he said. “We have managed to increase the supply through that route to 1.5 billion cubic meters (bcm), also raising the exported gas volumes to 1.5 bcm via a pipeline connecting the two countries in Azerbaijan’s Gazakh district.” He also cited an opportunity to transfer extra 500-700 mcm of gas from the Shah Deniz consortium. Earlier, Georgian Energy Minister Kakha Kaladze said the country hoped to agree on additional volumes of Azerbaijani gas. Georgia’s annual gas consumption stands at 2.4 bcm. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |