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    GAS IS NOT A CORNER STONE OF YEREVAN-MOSCOW STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP: ARMENIAN PM

    ArmInfo News Agency, Armenia
    Nov 30 2006

    "Gas is not a corner stone of our strategic partnership," said Armenian
    Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan in an interview with the Moscow-based
    "Kommersant" before his visit to Moscow.

    Asked about the influence of the gas issue on the strategic
    partnership of Russia and Armenia and the attitude of Yerevan to
    the rise of the Russian gas tariff, the premier said that the term
    "strategic partnership," which is used to define the two countries'
    relations, is an evidence of the high level of relations in all the
    spheres. The strategic partnership of Armenia and Russia is based
    on close cooperation of our countries in the political, military,
    trade- economic, scientific-technical, humanitarian spheres,
    as well as on the common vision of the global developments, the
    high level of coordination in the international arena, respect of
    national interests. "I'd not like to emphasize the gas sphere as a
    corner stone of our strategic partnership," the premier said. "Gas
    is only one of the spheres of our energy cooperation. We effectively
    cooperate in the sphere of atomic energy, thermal and hydro power
    engineering etc.. Russia has its grounds to rise the gas tariff,
    which are connected with many factors. At the same time, our strategic
    partnership must be insured against the current political and economic
    conditions and proceed from the logic of long-term interaction,"
    the prime minister said.

    At the same time, speaking of the possibility and the terms of the
    transfer of Iran-Armenia gas pipeline under management of Gazprom,
    Andranik Margaryan said that the construction of the pipeline has not
    been completed so far and it is untimely speaking of its transfer
    to any operator, including to Gazprom. "Armenia and Iran have been
    successfully cooperating in the energy sphere for a long time already
    and Iran-Armenia gas pipeline is one of the key bilateral energy
    projects. It is at the stage of construction. A 39.5 km part of the
    pipeline Meghri-Kajaran will open soon," the premier said.

    The construction is to be completed by December 20. The company to
    be exploiting the pipeline will be announced in the spring. The
    pipeline is built on the funds of the Iranian party. The project
    costs $30 million. AT present, the CJSC ArmRosgazprom is working on
    the extension of the pipeline from Kajaran to Yerevan and on raising
    the capacity of the operating gas transport net to 2.3 billion cubic
    meters of gas annually.
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