  Iran ready to increase gas supplies to Armenia up to 2.3bln cu m per year April 11, 2011 - 16:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Managing Director of the National Iranian Gas Company Javad Owji said Iran is ready to increase natural gas supplies to Armenia. According to him, negotiations are held with Armenia to this end. “It is expected that the total volume of natural gas export will increase up to 2.3bln cubic meters per year, i.e. 6.3mln cubic meters a day,” Mehr agency quoted Owji as saying. In 2004, Armenia and Iran signed an agreement on Iranian gas supplies in exchange for electric power from Armenia. The agreement envisaged the volume of Iranian gas export to total 1bln cubic meters per year until 2010. Currently, over 1mln cubic meters of natural gas is exported to Armenia per day via 30 inches in diameter and 113km long pipeline from Tabriz.   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 |  Latest news The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity  The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization.Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |
