Is Armenia ready to buy gas from Azerbaijan?

Baku/27.10.23/Turan: Armenia is ready to buy gas from Azerbaijan after the settlement of political differences between the countries, Hakob Vardanyan, Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of Armenia stated on the sidelines of the Tbilisi International Silk Road Forum, EADaily reports.

Before the Karabakh conflict, Armenia received gas and electricity from Azerbaijan. Later, gas supplies began to be carried out through Georgia.

"I hope that peace will come to our region, and we will be able to cooperate and diversify our energy systems, as in the old days," Vardanyan said.

It should be noted that back in 1997, the administration of US President Clinton proposed the project of laying the Baku-Ceyhan oil pipeline through Armenia. Yerevan was offered to make concessions on Karabakh (liberate the areas around and get autonomy for Karabakh), and in return receive energy security and an oil pipeline as collateral. However, the Ter-Petrosyan government did not go for it.

In the following years, the Azerbaijani authorities repeatedly declared their readiness to supply oil and gas to Armenia in exchange for compromises on Karabakh, but Yerevan rejected these proposals every time. ---02D---