ArmInfo. At Armenia's request, a 5.5-kilometer section of the gas pipeline connecting Georgia and Armenia will be relocated. A corresponding request has already been submitted to the Environmental Protection Department of the Georgian Ministry of Natural Resources, Sputnik Georgia reports.
According to the documentation, the change in the pipeline's location is related to the Armenian side's request, as the Armenian section of the pipeline is located in the trilateral Georgian-Armenian-Azerbaijani border zone and was mined in the 1990s. "Based on the fact that it is impossible to comply with minimum safety standards and carry out repairs at this section, it was decided, based on a trilateral intergovernmental agreement, to remove the aforementioned problematic section of the gas pipeline from the mined zone and construct a new gas pipeline at a safe distance," the justification for the relocation states.
The pipeline will be relocated several kilometers and connected to the new section built by the Armenian side.
