Iran among major crude oil suppliers to EuropeJuly 4, 2011 - 17:07 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Islamic Republic of Iran has supplied over 4 percent of the European Union's need to crude oil in the first three months of 2011, Fars News Agency said quoting a report by Eurostat. According to Eurostat estimates, the 27-member bloc has imported a total volume of 896.13 million barrels of crude oil during the first three months of 2011. Iran has supplied about 4.39% of EU's crude demands with 39.322 million barrels, the report said. The report also added that the total value of Iran's crude exports to the EU amounted to $4.021billion during the period. According to the report, Russia has still remained the main supplier of crude oil to Europe with 277.839 million barrels (31% of the EU's total imports). African stated with 203.923 million barrels (22.76%) and the Middle-East with 131.974 million barrels (14.73%) are the next largest suppliers of crude oil to Europe. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia. Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements. Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of Armenia Henrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan. |