Endless delays of the Iran-Armenia gas pipeline construction first of all have to be related to the project high cost and not to the strict attitude of Washington to Iran. A US State Department high ranker has stated that in his interview with the “Arminfo” agency. According to him, the gas pipeline issue has been recently thoroughly discussed in Washington at the meeting of the State Department officials with Armenian deputy foreign minister Tatul Margarian. Washington clearly realizes that Armenia now is in a difficult economic situation because of Turkey and Azerbaijan’s blockade of the Armenian transport communications and the communication with Iran is really a “green way ” for Armenia, the American diplomat noted. The problems with the Iran-Armenia gas pipeline construction are due to lack of sponsors able to finance that project, he thinks. As soon as the Nagorno-Karabakh issue is finally settled, many opportunities for the economic development for Armenia will be available, the US State Department representative stated.
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