Saturday, March 5, 2016

Georgia contract with “Gazprom” on gas transit to Armenia remains in force – Interfax

Moscow. March, 6. INTERFAX.RU – Georgia this year, as before, will receive 10% of Russian gas transit to Armenia, said Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Energy of Georgia Kakha Kaladze

“The agreement has been reached’re just.. to sign a contract with “Gazprom” to the fact that this year we (Georgia – IF) are staying under the same contract, which has been operating for years, that is, we will receive 10% of the total volume of natural gas transit to Armenia, “- said K. .Kaladze journalists.

at the same time, he recalled that on the part of “Gazprom” was originally the requirement to switch to cash payments for transit.

If this issue will be raised again in the coming year, we will be a more solid position “, – said the head of the Georgian Ministry of Energy

According to reports, the position of the Georgian side in negotiations with.” Gazprom “has strengthened after Friday agreement was signed between the Georgian government and the company SOCAR (State Oil Azerbaijan, SOCAR) to increase the supply of natural gas in the country of Azerbaijan with 500 million cubic meters. m., with the result that there is no need to attract additional volumes of it from Russia and Iran.

Georgia annually consumes about 2 billion cubic meters of natural gas. In 2015, “Gazprom” has put to Georgia 295 million cubic meters of gas. The rest of the amount has been received from Azerbaijan.

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