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31 August 2010 [10:29] - Today.Az
By means of the GUAM transit corridor in the first six months of 2010, Ukraine met its needs for crude by 25% which is a serious factor, the GUAM Secretary General Valeriy Chechelashvili said.
He said of $2bn which Ukraine spent for crude purchase in six months it imported crude oil from Azerbaijan in the amount of $500m.
This has become possible because the Azerbaijan-Ukrainian-Georgian corridor is working stably, he noted.
GUAM is intended for strengthening positions of our all four countries. In the result of this project Ukraine covers 25% of its needs for oil, Azerbaijan gets an alternative market of oil products export, while Georgia wins from this transit, Chechelashvili added.
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