Energy Ministry says Iranian petrol not imported yetApril 10, 2012 - 12:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Iran hasn’t yet started petrol imports to Armenia, a reliable source at the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources told PanARMENIAN.Net “Petrol imports were discussed in bilateral cooperation framework, however no practical steps have yet been taken,” the source at the ministry said. As Mehr news agency (MNA) reported earlier, quoting the managing director of the National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company, Armenia expressed interest in importing oil products from Iran. According to Jalil Salari, 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. 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 import 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 | Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. |