Russian gas supplies to Armenia previously interrupted by emergency repair work in Georgia resume

YEREVAN. March 19 (Interfax) - The supply of natural gas from Russia to Armenia which was temporarily suspended due to repair work in Georgia has resumed, CJSC Gazprom Armenia said on Tuesday evening.

"Starting from 21:35 [local time] on March 18, the supply of natural gas, which was halted due to emergency repair work on the Kazakh-Saguramo (DN 1000) section of the North Caucasus-Transcaucasia transit gas pipeline in Georgia, has resumed," the company said.

The supply of natural gas from Russia to Armenia was suspended on Tuesday morning. An uninterrupted and reliable gas supply to the country's consumers would be maintained without restrictions using internal reserves and additional volumes of natural gas supplied from Iran, the company said.

Gazprom is the sole supplier of natural gas to Armenia. The operator of the gas transportation network is CJSC Gazprom Armenia, a 100% subsidiary of the Russian concern.