Armenia to import oil products from IranApril 9, 2012 - 13:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia has expressed interest in importing oil products from Iran, the managing director of the National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company Jalil Salari said. Mehr news agency (MNA) quoted Salari as saying that importing oil products from Georgia is not economically justified for Armenia. So, it has embarked on importing the products from Iran. The Iranian private sector will transfer oil products to Armenia via road transportation fleet in the first phase, he said, adding that exports of oil products will be continued using pipelines, Tehran Times reports. In February, Iranian and Armenian oil ministers signed an agreement, based on which Iran will supply Armenia with gasoline, gas oil, kerosene, and jet fuel. Iran’s gasoline and gas oil production capacities are currently around 50 million liters and 100 million liters per day respectively. Iran is now exporting gasoline and diesel fuel to neighboring countries, the managing director of the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company Alireza Zeighami said. According to Zeighami, Iraq, Armenia, Afghanistan, and Pakistan are now importing or have called for the importation of gasoline and diesel fuel from Iran. 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 | Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. |