21/05/2013 14:58
Minasian: Armenia does not need strategic partners like Russia
“The natural gas supplied to Armenia is not the cheapest in the region. This is nonsense, “the deputy of ARF-Dashnaktsutyn parliamentary faction Artsvik Minasian told reporters today.
In his words, in case of a gas price hike, “no people will remain in Armenia”. “Russia does not conceal the fact that it uses gas as a political instrument,” Minasian noted.
According to him, the volume of gas consumed in Armenia is only 2% of that consumed in CIS. “The gas price increase by Gazprom Company because of those two percent is a result of unreasonable actions. It is necessary to nationalize ArmRosGazprom and also to think about Iranian gas and alternative energy resources,” Artsvik Minasian stressed.
In his words, “Armenia does not need strategic partners like Russia because that country’s policy contributes to the outflow of population from Armenia”.