The official Yerevan is holding talks over purchase of natural gas from Turkmenistan. This is what Chair of the Standing Committee on Regional and Eurasian Integration of the National Assembly of Armenia, deputy of Prosperous Armenia Party Mikayel Melkumyan declared at the National Assembly today.

Melkumyan stated that he had met with Iran’s energy minister during the recent visit of Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures of Armenia Suren Papikyan to Iran and that the issue on purchase of natural gas is under consideration. “One of the goals is to create a common energy corridor from Turkmenistan to Russia through Iran, Armenia and Georgia,” Melkumyan clarified.

He also noted that Armenia currently receives three times less natural gas from Iran through the natural gas pipeline than the bandwidth allows.