RA MFA Refuted Statements on Supply of Azeri Gas to Armenia

PanARMENIAN.Net - Officials of the U.S. Department of State have already inquired the Armenian Foreign Ministry about the situation in the republic in view of the gas pipeline explosion, RA MFA Spokesman Hamlet Gasparian said when commenting on the statement by State Department spokesman Sean McCormack. "Armenia does not receive gas from anywhere and does not receive assistance either from Azerbaijan or Turkey. Unlike Georgia, Armenia is not being supplied with gas since the pipeline has not been repaired yet. That is why the export of Armenian electrical energy to Georgia was suspended," Mr. Gasparian noted.



To remind, earlier Sean McCormack said U.S. officials have intervened to help sort out the latest European natural gas crisis that erupted after Russian supplies to Georgia were cut by pipeline explosions. "We did talk to the parties that were involved in the issue over the weekend. Presently natural gas flows into Georgia and Armenia via an alternative pipeline passing through neighboring Azerbaijan. Independently of the cause of the blasts it is important that Armenia and Georgia's neighbors joined effort and rendered assistance in the crisis. The U.S. intervened to help sort out the crisis and we are proud of it", he said.