Russian and Armenian ministers discussed formation of common energy market
04.10.2019,
18:15
Armenia's Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures Suren Papikyan and Russia's Minister of Energy discussed in Moscow the process of forming a common electricity market across the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU).
YEREVAN, October 4. /ARKA/. Armenia's Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures Suren Papikyan and Russia's Minister of Energy discussed in Moscow the process of forming a common electricity market across the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU).
The Armenian ministry said the two men looked into a wide range of issues of bilateral and multilateral energy cooperation and exchanged views on what kind of steps are necessary for operation of the North-South energy corridor.
The parties were said to have agreed to intensify discussions in order to develop feasibility studies and other technical solutions for the project with the involvement of other partners.
At the end of the meeting, a Protocol was signed on introducing the necessary technical changes to the Agreement between Armenia and Russia on the supply of natural gas, oil products and rough natural diamonds.
In December 2015, Armenia, Georgia, Iran, and Russia signed a memorandum to increase the level of interoperability of their power grids. It calls for creating the North-South electricity corridor between the energy systems of EEU and the European Union.-0-
The Armenian ministry said the two men looked into a wide range of issues of bilateral and multilateral energy cooperation and exchanged views on what kind of steps are necessary for operation of the North-South energy corridor.
The parties were said to have agreed to intensify discussions in order to develop feasibility studies and other technical solutions for the project with the involvement of other partners.
At the end of the meeting, a Protocol was signed on introducing the necessary technical changes to the Agreement between Armenia and Russia on the supply of natural gas, oil products and rough natural diamonds.
In December 2015, Armenia, Georgia, Iran, and Russia signed a memorandum to increase the level of interoperability of their power grids. It calls for creating the North-South electricity corridor between the energy systems of EEU and the European Union.-0-
