“The Armenian Foreign Minister made remarks on of Armenia’s joining the Transcaspian gas pipeline, the terms of implementation of which are hard to determine. The idea of running through the Caspian seabed for transportation of the Kazakh gas to Azerbaijan is lobbied by the U.S. administration. The technical-economic basis of the project is laid by the U.S. Oskanian’s statement proceeds from this fact,” director of Caucasus analytical center Victor Yakubyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.
In his words, the Transcaspian gas pipeline is an issue of global politics bound by the interests of the U.S., EU, Russia, Iran, Turkey and a number of other states. “Oskanian’s statements is political and not coordinated either with energy ministers or ArmRosgazprom leaders. Nevertheless, the project is by no means tied with the Karabakh problem, as some Azeri say. By the time the states interested in the pipeline through the undivided Caspian seabed succeed in breaking down the resistance of those not interested, the Karabakh conflict will have been settled, I hope. Thus far, Armenia can lobby filling the Baku-Tbilisi-Erzrum gas pipeline with mid-Asian gas but I doubt Yerevan needs it,” the Armenian experts said.
