GEORGIAN, AZERI AND TURKISH LEADERS TO DISCUSS BAKU-TBILISI-ERZRUM GAS PIPELINE BUILDING ISSUEFebruary 17, 2003 - 21:52 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - One of these days Georgian, Azeri and Turkish presidents are expected to meet to discuss issues of building the Baku-Tbilisi-Erzrum gas pipeline. Stated Georgian leader Eduard Shevardnadze, noting that the details of the meeting would become clear only this evening. As reported by "Mediamax" agency, according to an intergovernmental agreement, natural gas will arrive from "Shah-Deniz" Azeri deposit to Turkey by the beginning of 2005. 2 billion square meters of gas will be annually transported through the Baku-Tbilisi-Erzrum gas pipeline at the initial stage, and the amount will increase up to 6.6 billion in 2008. 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 | 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. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |