January 25, 2006 - 18:51 AMT
Baku Refutes Gas Delivery to Armenia via Azerbaijan
The statement of the U.S. State Department Spokesman Sean McCormack on the delivery of gas to Armenia via Azerbaijan is erroneous. January 25 in Baku Azerbaijani FM Elmar Mammadyarov told journalists that U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan Rino Harnish noted that Sean McCormack made a slip and said Armenia instead of Georgia. "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. Presently Georgia receives gas from Azerbaijan and electricity from Turkey. Azeri gas is as well being pumped to Armenia," U.S. State Department representative said earlier.