YEREVAN. – The Meghri-Kajaran section of the Iran-Armenia natural gas pipeline is being sold to the Russian “Gazprom Armenia” company.

Deputy Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Armenia, Ara Simonyan, told the aforementioned to RFE/RL Armenian Service.

The state-run High Voltage Electric Networks Closed Joint-Stock Company is the current proprietor of the abovementioned 40-km section of this pipeline. Gazprom Armenia, on the other hand, is leasing that section.

“The entire [natural] gas supply system of Armenia was under the jurisdiction of Gazprom company,” Simonyan said. “[So,] it was pointless to keep this tiny 40-km section under the responsibility of a non-specialized state-run company.”