Ukraine seeks to ramp up Azeri oil supplies
KIEV – Ukraine is seeking to more than triple imports of Azerbaijani oil in 2011.
The volume of the South Caucasus republic’s crude could be raised from 1.5 million tons to 5 million tons, Russian Kommersant daily quoted a source at the country’s energy ministry as saying.
Talks on increasing supplies are underway between the two countries, Ukrainian First Deputy Prime Minister Andriy Klyuyev said following a meeting of the inter-governmental commission on economic cooperation in Kyiv on Thursday.
He added that a final decision on the issue will be passed during Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s visit to Ukraine, due October 27.
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