First meeting of Azerbaijan-Ukraine working group on energy projects to be held in Baku

Delegation of Ukrainian Ministry of Fuel and Energy will visit Baku in the near future, said Ukraine's charge d’affaires in Azerbaijan Miroslav Blashuk.

“First meeting of working group on energy projects created under the decision of Ukrainian and Azerbaijani President’s Council will be held in Baku”, said the diplomat. He added that the working group would prepare plan on cooperation in the near term.

Blashuk also noted that 1 mln 400 000 tons of oil was refined at Ukraine’s Kremenchug Oil Processing Plant in 2010. Calling it a big number, the diplomat said that in current year, Ukraine was intending to double the importing oil.

To question on commodity turnover between our countries, charge d’affaires said that according to 11 months of the last year, this number was $1 bln 430 mln. Noting that commodity turnover has increased from Azerbaijani side. He also added that increase of commodity exported from Ukraine to Azerbaijan is 10%.


/APA/