Armenia is ready to restore gas pipelines that used to bring natural gas to Armenia from Azerbaijan in case the countries have no political issues, Armenian Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Hakob Vardanyan said during the Silk Road international conference in Georgia’s Tbilisi.
"We had such an experience in the Soviet period. We received gas from Azerbaijan through three huge pipelines. Now we can restore these pipelines if there are no political issues between our countries. And we can also become a transit country for gas from Azerbaijan to Europe; the same goes for electricity. We are ready to build and rebuild all these communications," Vardanyan said.
According to him, this can diversify the energy system.
Armenia currently buys gas from Russia that is shipped across the territory of Georgia and also from Iran, which is converted into electricity here and shipped back, ARKA reports.
