Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 52

26-December-2005

REGIONAL

Azerbaijan And Iran Inaugurate Gas Swap For Nakhichevan

The presidents of Azerbaijan and Iran on 20 December inaugurated a gas swap agreement designed to supply Azerbaijans Autonomous Republic of Nakhichevan with gas via a new pipeline link extending from Irans national gas grid. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad met in Nakhichevan, which is separated from Azerbaijan by a strip of...