1.7 BILLION CUBIC METERS OF GAS PLANNED TO BE IMPORTED TO ARMENIA FROM RUSSIA IN 2005March 12, 2005 - 07:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 1 billion 332 million cubic meters of natural gas were imported to Armenia from Russia in 2004, reported Director General of ArmRosgazprom company Karen Karapetian. He noted that gas consumption in Armenia increased 187 million cubic meters last year, which exceeds the amount consumed in 2003 18.2%. Specifically, consumption by the population increased 44%, by industrial objects - 32%, while that of the budgetary organizations - 10.8%. In 2004 the company invested $12 million in expansion and reconstruction of the gas distribution network, which allowed raising the number of subscribers up to 270 thousand. It is planned to import 1.7 billion cubic meters of gas to Armenia in 2005 and to augment the investment volume next year to $14 million, while making it $16 million in 2006 and $14.6 million in 2007. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner 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. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |