ArmInfo.Russian President Vladimir Putin and Acting Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan agreed to step up gas negotiations, the dates are decided because the situation "runs out of time". Spokesman of Russian President Dmitry Peskov informed.
"This topic (gas talks with Armenia - ed. note) was touched upon yesterday. It was agreed to intensify the conversation on gas, because until yesterday we could not state active negotiations between our "Gazprom" and Armenian colleagues, said Peskov, answering the question of how the Kremlin assesses the stage and success of the negotiations. Speaking about the timing of the negotiations, the press secretary of the president noted that "there are deadlines, we run out of time," RIA Novosti reports.
Meanwhile, referring to the results of the meeting with Putin, the Acting RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated in his video message that there is no decision on the price of gas yet. "Discussions will continue in working order. It was stated that for bilateral relations this is a very sensitive topic, and this is understood both in Yerevan and in Moscow. But in general, I am optimistic about this. I hope that in this issue there will be desirable developments for us, or in any case there will be no undesirable ones, " Pashinyan said.
Earlier, Pashinyan stated that there is a possibility of lowering the price of Russian gas for Armenia. To note, at present Armenia receives Russian gas at a price of $ 150 per 1000 cubic meters.