Armenia: Cooperation with Iran in the field of gas and electricity will increase

According to the report of the international group of Fars news agency, “Gonel Sanousian”, the Minister of Infrastructure Affairs of Armenia, said on Tuesday that Armenia and Iran plan to cooperate in the program of gas for electricity increase.

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Armenian senior officials have repeatedly pointed out the importance of relations with Iran. Iran is one of the biggest exporters of goods to Armenia. Iran has a trade center in Armenia. It is said that Iran plans to increase the trade volume with Armenia to three billion dollars. It imports gas from Iran. In August 2023, Armenia and Iran signed a document to extend the natural gas contract for electricity until 2030. Based on this revised agreement, Iran will increase natural gas exports to Armenia and Armenia will increase electricity exports to Iran.

This senior government official Armenia said that Iran’s natural gas pipeline to Armenia has the capacity to transfer more gas than Iran and there is no need for a new pipeline.

Pashinyan, the Prime Minister of Armenia, recently talked about the good relations with Iran in an interview with one of the publications of the Czech Republic.

He said that the main goal Armenia’s foreign policy should be to establish normal relations with all neighbors. In this conversation, he emphasized that Armenia has good relations with Iran.

Recently, “Alan Simonyan”, the Speaker of the Armenian Parliament, tweeted with pictures. Flags of Iran and Armenia side by side wrote: “Iran is our neighbor for a thousand years, Iran is a friend of Armenia.” This friendship will continue.”

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