Deputy Minister: Within the framework of the EAEU, the tariff for  Russian gas should be the same for all

ArmInfo.  Deputy Minister of Energy  Infrastructure and Natural Resources of Armenia Garegin Bagramyan,  until the 12th June 2018, who was the head of the Tariff Policy  Department Commission on regulation of public services (PSRC), does  not possess information on the possible increase in prices for  Russian natural gas for Armenia. He told this to ArmInfo  correspondent, commenting on media publications on the decision of  the Russian side from next year increase the price of gas.

According to him, the issue is regulated within the framework of the  intergovernmental agreement which is valid for the end of this year.   Nevertheless, according to the regulations for today, as indicated by  Bagramyan, the Ministry of Energy received similar signals from both  Russian colleagues and Gazprom in particular.

  The representative of the Ministry of Energy does not believe in the  prospect of increase in the price of gas. "Within the framework of  the EAEU, the tariff for Russian gas should be the same for all, in  particular for Armenia and Belarus," he said.

A week ago in the Armenian media the information came that allegedly  Russia made a political decision to raise the price of gas from the  next year, at the end of the current contract with Armenia. A similar  solution, the Armenian media writes, will be made for other partners  of Russia in the EAEU, in particular, Belarus.

Meanwhile, the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, speaking at  the EAEU Intergovernmental Council in St. Petersburg, emphasized the  importance of forming a single energy market that will allow  stimulate economic growth and integration processes within the  framework of the Union.

Notably, after the "velvet revolution", the new minister of energy  and natural resources for the first time revealed the brackets,  saying that Iran, which some politicians consider as an alternative  gas supplier to Armenia, sells it to the country for $ 160 for 1  thousand cubic meters in exchange for electricity, while Russia sells  it for $ 150. However, as the Prime Minister stressed, despite the  attractive price, to the Armenian consumers receive gas at an average  price of $ 290 per 1 thousand cubic meters, which is unacceptable.

  It should be noted that lately, more and more actively, information  about possible increase in the tariff for Russian gas flow appear in  Media. But the Minister of Energy Infrastructures and Natural  Resources of Armenia Artur Grigoryan reacted to this on June 8, who  stated that it is possible very little of maturity of such a  scenario, but in the case of increase in the price of Russian natural  gas, the country will negotiate on the supply of gas from Iran.   "Armenia is interested in supply of cheap natural gas," the minister  said.