Gazprom, Iran may agree to increase gas supplies to ArmeniaNovember 11, 2016 - 13:19 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Deputy Chairman of Gazprom Management Board Vitaly Markelov will on Friday, November 11 hold talks with Iran's Deputy Minister of Oil Amir-Hossein Zamani-Nia, who has arrived in Moscow to convince Russian companies to invest in the Islamic Republic's oil and gas projects. Also, negotiations may dwell upon the increase of gas supplies from Iran to Armenia, whose gas transportation system is controlled by Gazprom, Kommersant reports. Now Gazprom supplies gas to Armenia through Georgia, but the transit agreement expires at the end of 2016, and Gazprom is keen to reduce the fee. Negotiations with Iran would strengthen the Russian company's position and put more pressure on Georgia,the publication says. Earlier,Iran signed a deal with France's Total on for the development of gas production at a major offshore field in the Gulf.The Heads of Agreement (HOA) for the development of Phase 11 of the important South Pars field is worth $6 billion (5.4 billion euros). 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 | 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. |