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MOSCOW – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will discuss with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev the Nagorno-Karabakh problem and the options for energy resources transportation routes from oilfields in the Caspian Sea in Baku on Thursday, a source in the Russian delegation reported.

Medvedev will attend the summit of the Caspian Sea littoral countries, which will be held in Baku on Thursday. Medvedev will also hold several bilateral meetings, including meetings with leaders of Kazakhstan and Iran.

"I think the main theme of the meeting with President Aliyev will certainly be problems of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement," the source was quoted as sayings by RIA Novosti.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts.

Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are currently holding the peace negotiations.

According to the source, the second theme, which will be discussed at the Aliyev-Medvedev meeting, refers to the fuel and energy complex.

"The leaders may mull the issue of energy transportation routes from the fields located on the Caspian Sea. It is possible that the leaders can raise the Nabucco topic. How it will be filled, if Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan will not supply oil," he said.

Nabucco gas pipeline project is worth €7.9 billion. Construction of gas pipeline is planned to be launched in 2012, the first supplies - in 2015. Maximal capacity of the pipeline will hit 31 billion cubic meters per year.

Nabucco participants are the Austrian OMV, Hungarian MOL, Bulgarian Bulgargaz, Romanian Transgaz, Turkish Botas and German RWE. Each has an equal 16.67-percent share.