YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 23, NOYAN TAPAN. Unfavorable weather conditions prevented the Iran-Armenia gas pipeline from being put into operation ahead of the date envisaged by the agreement - March 17. Director of High-Vaoltage Electric Networks company Sahak Abrahamian told NT correspondent that only soldering work remains to be done on 2.5 km of the gas pipeline's 40 km Armenian section. The Armenian delegation headed by the RA Minister of Energy Armen Movsisian will leave for Iran on February 26 in order to discuss issues related to operation of the gas pipeline.

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