Moscow and Yerevan plan to agree on a draft general scheme of gas  supply and gasification of Armenia until 2030

ArmInfo. Russia and Armenia are planning to agree on a draft general scheme of gas supply and gasification of Armenia until 2030. This, according to TASS, was told  to journalists by the first deputy head of the Russian government's  office, Sergei Prikhodko, on the eve of the visit of Russian Prime  Minister Dmitry Medvedev to Yerevan, where the EAEU Intergovernmental  Council meeting will take place on April 30.

"Our countries are paying close attention to cooperation in the gas  sector. Both current and future topics are being discussed. For  example, there is an agreement to agree on a draft general scheme of  gas supply and gasification of Armenia until 2030," he said.  Prikhodko noted that Russia is the largest supplier of natural gas to  Armenia, indicating that gas exports from Russia (about 2 billion  cubic meters per year) fully meet the needs of Armenia. At the same  time, supplies are carried out at preferential price (as compared to  world prices), which are determined on a contractual basis.

The gas sale and purchase contract expired on December 31, 2018. At  present, there is a supplementary agreement to the contract signed by  Gazprom Export and Gazprom Armenia, which determines the price of gas  for Armenia in 2019.

"Following the 19th meeting of the bilateral intergovernmental  commission on economic cooperation, the intention was to hold the  necessary domestic consultations by July 1, 2019 to determine the  procedure and ensure the resumption of the intergovernmental  agreement on pricing for the supply of natural gas to Armenia dated  December 2, 2013," Prikhodko.

Answering the question whether the meeting of the EAEU  Intergovernmental Council on April 30 would discuss the topic of  eliminating the imbalance in energy prices in the Union, Prikhodko  said that "the issue of energy prices in the Eurasian Economic Union  will be resolved upon completion of the formation of common markets  of electricity, gas and oil. " At meetings of the Eurasian  Intergovernmental Council, these issues are regularly reviewed, and  the necessary regulatory and legal framework is systematically  formed, he added.