Wednesday, August 25, 2004

I was reading an August 21st, 2004 ArmInfo article on Groong titled “Armenian opposition leader unhappy about foreign policy”.

The thing that I took notice of was when it was reported that the chairman of the new Liberal Progressive Party (LPP), Ovanes Ovanesyan, believes that the construction of the Iran-Armenia gas pipeline is also in question as constructing a gas pipeline, which will be 77mm in diameter, will not do Armenia and Iran any good.

The pipe is only to be 77mm in diameter? Why will it be so small? Could Ovanesyan have been wrong or did the reporter not understand him and he said 770mm?

A 77mm in diameter pipe is more than 3 times smaller than the pipe that supplies gas to the Martuni region. It’s the size that a gas specialist told me would be an appropriate size to supply one military base that houses 2,000 people.

I hope that this is not an accurate statement as to the size, and if it is, Ovanes Ovanesyan would be right to say that it would not do Armenia and Iran any good.

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