{"id":2106,"date":"2017-12-07T01:39:44","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T02:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.com\/tehran-welcomes-ashgabats-gas-row-arbitration-decision\/"},"modified":"2017-12-07T01:39:44","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T02:39:44","slug":"tehran-welcomes-ashgabats-gas-row-arbitration-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/tehran-welcomes-ashgabats-gas-row-arbitration-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Tehran Welcomes Ashgabat&#039;s Gas Row Arbitration Decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madaresharghi..com\">madaresharghi<\/a><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p> \tTurkmenistan plans to take a dispute with Iran over gas supplies to international arbitration, Turkmen state news agency TDH said on Tuesday.<br \/> \tThe two nations have been locked in the dispute for years, with Central Asia\u2019s Turkmenistan claiming it is owed about $1.8 billion in payments for gas delivered to Iran, Reuters reported.<br \/> \tTehran has welcomed the Turkmen decision to seek arbitration.<br \/> \tLast December, Iran said it had paid off its debt \u201cand the remaining cases have to be reviewed and decided by experts\u201d.<br \/> \tTDH said on Tuesday that Turkmen President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov had the day before discussed the issue with Myrat Archayev, the head of state gas firm Turkmengas.<br \/> \tArchayev told Berdymukhamedov that talks had fallen through and the Iranian side had proposed taking the matter to arbitration, according to TDH.<br \/> \tBerdymukhamedov ordered him to proceed with the filing. TDH did not specify which court the sides would use.<br \/> \tIran has its own major gas fields in the south of the country, but has imported gas from Turkmenistan since 1997 for distribution in its northern provinces, especially during the winter.<br \/> \tManaging Director of the National Iranian Gas Company Hamidreza Araqi welcomed the move, saying Iran and Turkmenistan both \u201chave claims that need to be addressed\u201d.<br \/> \t\u201cNIGC would welcome it, if Ashgabat prefers to resort to international arbitration for settling the row,\u201d Araqi told Shana.<br \/> \tThe official had previously signaled that Iran preferred to settle the gas row outside the court. \u201cHowever, Iran always prefers dialogue to resolve disputes,\u201d he added.<br \/> \tThe Central Asian state unilaterally halted natural gas supplies to Iran late last year in violation of the terms of its contract with Iran. Turkmengas demanded to be paid nine times the price the two sides had agreed upon for each cubic meter of gas.<br \/> \tAfter sanctions imposed on Iran were lifted last year under a 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and six major powers, France\u2019s Total signed a deal with Tehran to further develop its part of the world\u2019s largest gas field.<br \/> \tTurkmenistan faces a shortage of hard currency after Russia, once a major buyer of its gas, halted purchases last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>madaresharghi Turkmenistan plans to take a dispute with Iran over gas supplies to international arbitration, Turkmen state news agency TDH said on Tuesday. The two nations have been locked in the dispute for years, with Central Asia\u2019s Turkmenistan claiming it is owed about $1.8 billion in payments for gas delivered to Iran, Reuters reported. 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