  Armenia, Iran to reach final agreement on oil pipeline construction in two months  February 15, 2011 - 15:17 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Armen Movsisyan said that Armenia and Iran are going to reach a final agreement on Tabriz-Yerevan oil pipeline construction soon. The Minister was in Tehran recently, where the parties reached considerable results in energy cooperation, Movsisyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. “We expect that the final agreement will be reached within the upcoming two months, what will allow launching the oil pipeline construction,” Movsisyan said. According to him, the oil pipeline will be put into operation until 2014, if the schedule is maintained. Referring to cooperation with Iran in the field of energy, Movsisyan noted that it is at the highest level.   Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion.   Partner news |  Latest news Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall  A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte.Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province.€3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms.Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |
