Iran to start supplying Russian gas through Azerbaijan

Iran and Gazprom are close to a final agreement on the launch of Russian gas supplies to the republic through the territory of Azerbaijan. This was announced by the Iranian Ambassador to Moscow, Kazem Jalali, in an interview with TASS on August 25.

"We hope that this will happen in the near future. Almost all the issues have already been resolved, it remains to agree on the price," the diplomat said.

Earlier, Russian Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilev said that the first deliveries of Russian gas through the existing infrastructure could begin as early as 2025, and their volume would amount to 1.8 billion cubic meters. m per year.

Gas situation: Serbia intends to deprive Russia of the status of the main fuel supplier

It is proposed to replace it with energy resources from Azerbaijan and the United States.

Earlier, on August 22, it was reported about the suspension of Russian gas supplies to Armenia. The reason was the need to carry out emergency recovery work on the transit main gas pipeline "Krasny Most - Sevkar–Berd" (DN 1000) on the territory of Georgia. Uninterrupted gas supply was provided by internal reserves and additional volumes of natural gas supplies from Iran.

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