Azerbaijan refuses signing CIS Electric Power Council's road map - UPDATED

30.05.09

09:55

The 35th meeting of the CIS Electric Power Council took place in Baku, bringing together representatives of the relevant bodies of Azerbaijan, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine and Moldova, as well as a delegation from Iran.

Russian Minister of Energy Sergei Shmatko said that they discussed 6 issues, including the performance of the CIS power systems in 2008-2009, implementation of the agreement on the parallel operation of power systems, development of action plans for projects within the scope of the CIS Electricity Cooperation Concept etc.

“We also exchanged views on the establishment of the Caspian and Black Sea annular power network systems,” he added.

The CIS Electric Power Council was established in 1992.

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29.05.09

17:10

Azerbaijan will not sign CIS Electric Power Council's road map on general market because the country is not participant of CIS agreement on united energy market, Azerenergy JSC vice-president Marlen Askerov said at the 35-th meeting of CIS electric power council held in Baku on May 29.

"There is no need for Azerbaijan to sign this agreement as the country is already ready for creating this market," Askerov said.

Azerbaijan is ready for signing the agreement on monitoring of environment. But there will not be word "market" in the council's decision about road map, Askerov said.

It was suggested holding ecological monitoring in CIS power energy for 2008 during the meeting of power energy council.

Eight members-countries of the council participated in the monitoring on road map realization for 2007. Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Georgia and Armenia refused from participating in the monitoring. Results of the monitoring have been delivered to "Euro electric".

/Trend Capital, APA/