Yerevan Denies Agreeing to Sell Russia 45% of Iran-Armenia Gas Pipeline
25.01.2006
MosNews
Official Yerevan denied information that during recent negotiations Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Armenian counterpart Robert Kocharyan agreed that Russian gas monopoly Gazprom would receive 45 percent stake in Iran-Armenia gas pipeline in return for cheap gas. MosNews has reported on this matter on Monday, Jan. 23, citing a report by Russian Kommersant daily.
The press secretary of Armenian President Viktor Sogomonyan, quoted by Kommersant, said that these reports “absolutely do not correspond to reality”. According to the press attache, during their meeting, which took place on Sunday, Jan. 22, Putin and Kocharyan “agreed to continue negotiations and most likely the final decision will be made in the middle of February”.
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During that meeting Moscow demanded that Yerevan either buys Russian natural gas for a new price ($110 per 1,000 cubic meters instead of previous price of $54) or transfers to Russia’s ownership all of the republic’s gas transportation infrastructure and the fifth energy block of Razdansky TPP. The Armenian side says that this offer is “unacceptable” for Yerevan.
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MosNews
Official Yerevan denied information that during recent negotiations Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Armenian counterpart Robert Kocharyan agreed that Russian gas monopoly Gazprom would receive 45 percent stake in Iran-Armenia gas pipeline in return for cheap gas. MosNews has reported on this matter on Monday, Jan. 23, citing a report by Russian Kommersant daily.
The press secretary of Armenian President Viktor Sogomonyan, quoted by Kommersant, said that these reports “absolutely do not correspond to reality”. According to the press attache, during their meeting, which took place on Sunday, Jan. 22, Putin and Kocharyan “agreed to continue negotiations and most likely the final decision will be made in the middle of February”.
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During that meeting Moscow demanded that Yerevan either buys Russian natural gas for a new price ($110 per 1,000 cubic meters instead of previous price of $54) or transfers to Russia’s ownership all of the republic’s gas transportation infrastructure and the fifth energy block of Razdansky TPP. The Armenian side says that this offer is “unacceptable” for Yerevan.
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Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
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