Friday, September 17 2021 16:46

ArmInfo.Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Mher Grigoryan hopes that it will be possible to keep the price of Russian gas in the foreseeable future. Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of Armenia Mher Grigoryan stated this in an  interview with journalists on September 17.

He explained that the price of gas on world markets in recent days  has renewed its historical maximum, reaching about $ 900, after which  it went down. "The problem is that this is happening against the  background of our tariff of $ 165 at the border, which causes certain  difficulties in the negotiations for Armenia," he said. Meanwhile,  the Deputy Prime Minister once again did not share the details of the  negotiations with the Russian side.

At the same time, as Grigoryan pointed out, Yerevan is considering  the possibility of importing gas from other countries, but this  decision should be made on the basis of infrastructure capabilities.  "This approach is being implemented within the framework of a swap  deal (SWAP) with Iran," the Deputy Prime Minister explained.

To recall, head of Gazprom Alexey Miller and Acting Deputy Prime  Minister of Armenia Mher Grigoryan signed a supplementary agreement  to the contract for the supply of gas to CJSC Gazprom Armenia on  December 31, 2018. Gas price for Armenia on the border with Georgia  from the beginning 2019 was determined at $ 165 per thousand cubic  meters. $ 150. "Gazprom Export" LLC and "Gazprom Armenia" CJSC on  December 30, 2020 extended the contract for the supply of gas to  Armenia for the first quarter of 2021.

On September 15, 2021, in parliament during the government hour,  Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan said that negotiations with  Gazprom on the gas price are permanent. According to him, "Gazprom"  insists that within the framework of the agreement of 2013, the  amount of profit specified in the document does not satisfy them.  "But this is a working process, and I will refrain from providing  additional information, since the negotiation process continues and I  hope nothing unexpected will happen in the gas price," Mher Grigoryan  said.

It should be noted that Armenia carries out a barter deal with Iran  "gas in exchange for electricity" at the rate of 1 cubic meter of  blue fuel from Iran in exchange for 3 kW / h of electricity from  Armenia. Gas supplies are carried out via the Iran-Armenia gas  pipeline, and electricity from Armenia is sent to Iran via two power  lines.

"Gazprom" PJSC is the only gas supplier to Armenia for domestic  consumption. Russian "blue fuel" supplies to consumers in Armenia are  carried out by Gazprom Armenia (a subsidiary of Gazprom) in transit  through the territory of Georgia.