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| Armenia Introduces Second Power Line to Iran |
Yerevan. (Interfax) - Armenia introduced a second power transmission line
to double electricity supplies to and from Iran, the Armenian government's
press office told Interfax.
The 82-kilometer, 200-megawatt 220-kilovolt line was built with an Iranian credit of $8.4 million in accordance with a memorandum signed by the two countries in July 2002. Armenia will pay the credit off with electricity supplies. Armenia and Iran plan to sign a memorandum on a third line in Yerevan on December 1. Armenia supplies electricity to Iran for five months during the summer and receives electricity from Iran in the winter. |