Azerbaijan suspends gas supplies to RussiaJanuary 15, 2014 - 14:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijan has cut off gas supplies to Russia for technical reasons, Russia’s state-run gas monopoly Gazprom said, and it is unknown when deliveries will resume, according to RIA Novosti. A Gazprom representative told Prime business news agency that Azerbaijan, which had been supplying 3 million cubic meters of gas per day to Russia, halted deliveries on the morning of Jan 13. Azerbaijan provided Russia with about 1.37 billion cubic meters of gas in 2013, according to estimates by Prime, down by 31.5 percent on the year before. Russia first began importing natural gas from Azerbaijan’s state-run oil company SOCAR in January 2010 and agreed to a five-year extension of the deal later that year. Related links: 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 | 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. U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. |