Baku hosts meeting of Azerbaijan-Russia working group on energy cooperation

A meeting of working group on cooperation in energy sphere between Azerbaijan and Russia has today taken place in Azerbaijan`s capital.

The working group is headed by Azerbaijani Industry and Energy Minister Natig ALiyev and Deputy Energy Minister of Russia Anatoli Yankovski. The working group also includes representatives of SOCAR, Azerenerji, Russia’s Inter RAO EES, Transneft and TSK EES companies.

The sides exchanged views on amendments and additions to the agreement on transportation of Azerbaijani oil through Russia, signed in January, 1996. Azerbaijani side suggested transporting at least 1.5 mln tons of oil through Baku-Novorossiysk pipeline.

An agreement on cooperation in the sphere of electric energy signed in October, 1995 was also discussed during the meeting.


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