RUSSIAN GAS EXPORTS TO ARMENIA SUSPENDED OVER PIPELINE REPAIRS
ITAR-TASS News Agency, Russia
August 20, 2007 Monday 3:46 PM EST
Tbilisi
Russian gas exports to Armenia via Georgia have been suspended
over maintenance works at the Georgian section of the North
Caucasus-Transcaucasus gas pipeline, an official of the Georgian
international oil and gas corporation told the Prime-Tass economic
news agency on Monday.
Repair works will continue seven days.
"These are regular maintenance works. Both Russia and Armenia
were informed about them beforehand, and such works will create no
gas supply problems for Armenia. The latter will get gas from its
underground gas storage facility," the official said.
He pointed out that over the past several months Georgia met its
gas demand by importing gas from Azerbaijan and did not consume
Russian gas.
"In this respect repair works at the North Caucasus-Transcaucasus
pipeline will create no problems for Georgia’s gas supply system,"
the official said.