Government approves reduction of price of Russian gas
18.08.2015,
18:32
The Armenian government approved on Tuesday a protocol providing for the reduction of the price of Russian gas shipped to Armenia across Georgia to $165 per one thousand cubic meters.
YEREVAN, August 18. / ARKA /. The Armenian government approved on Tuesday a protocol providing for the reduction of the price of Russian gas shipped to Armenia across Georgia to $165 per one thousand cubic meters.
Energy and natural resources minister Yervand Zakharyan said two protocols between the governments of Armenia and the Russian Federation are ready for signing.
He said the first protocol sets the gas price at $165 per one thousand cubic meters for 2015, while the second protocol instructs the authorized bodies to prepare a model of financial calculations for later use until November 1.
The protocols, approved by the government, have to be ratified also by the parliament, the minister said.
The agreement on the reduction of the price of Russian gas for Armenia from $190 to $165 was reached in April during a meeting between Gazprom chief Alexei Miller and Armenia’s president Serzh Sargsyan.
Armenia’s Russia-owned national gas distributor Gazprom Armenia (owned by Gazprom") has a monopoly on the import and distribution of Russian gas in the domestic market.-0-
Energy and natural resources minister Yervand Zakharyan said two protocols between the governments of Armenia and the Russian Federation are ready for signing.
He said the first protocol sets the gas price at $165 per one thousand cubic meters for 2015, while the second protocol instructs the authorized bodies to prepare a model of financial calculations for later use until November 1.
The protocols, approved by the government, have to be ratified also by the parliament, the minister said.
The agreement on the reduction of the price of Russian gas for Armenia from $190 to $165 was reached in April during a meeting between Gazprom chief Alexei Miller and Armenia’s president Serzh Sargsyan.
Armenia’s Russia-owned national gas distributor Gazprom Armenia (owned by Gazprom") has a monopoly on the import and distribution of Russian gas in the domestic market.-0-
