Russian Gas Supplies Will Resume Within 2-3 Days

Supplies of Russian gas to Armenia via Georgian mountainous region of Kazbek will resume in 2-3 days.

Gas supplies through this major pipeline were disrupted on April 29 due to a landslide.

Workers of Georgian Gas and Oil Corporation started to repair the damaged part of the pipeline yesterday.

The repair work is still underway.

Georgian consumers will not be affected by this disruption of gas supplies as Georgia buys gas from neighboring Azerbaijan, the only oil-rich country in the South Caucasus.

Georgian Gas and Oil Corporation had told Russian ITAR TASS news agency yesterday that the pipeline was being repaired at the moment, adding it would take 2-3 days to finish the repair work.

Armenian consumers will not be affected by this gas shortage as the gas supplies in Armenia are secured by an underground gas storage located in Abovyan, an industrial town near the capital city of Yerevan.