ARMENIAN PRESIDENT AND GAZPROM DEPUTY HEAD DISCUSSED BUILDING IRANIAN-ARMENIAN GAS PIPELINEJuly 20, 2004 - 18:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian President Robert Kocharian and Gazprom Russian stock company delegation, headed by Board Deputy Chairman Alexander Ryazanov, discussed questions of the building of the Iran-Armenia gas pipeline. As reported by Armenian leader's Press Service, in the course of the meeting the current state of gas supplies to Armenia and prospective programs in the field were also discussed. R. Kocharian said he was satisfied with the present level of cooperation of the republic with Gazprom. Upon the completion of the meeting with the President of Armenia, Ryazanov reported that the building of the Iran-Armenia gas pipeline would cost $140 million. These may be either state credits or Gazprom means. It should be reminded that May 13, 2004 Armenia and Iran signed an agreement on supplying Iranian gas to Armenia for a term of 20 years. Within this period 36 billion cubic meters of gas will be supplied to the republic from Iran in exchange for electric power. 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. |