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

22 January 2011 09:50 (UTC +04:00)

â€œFirst meeting of working group on energy projects created under the decision of Ukrainian and Azerbaijani Presidentâ€™s Council will be held in Bakuâ€, 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 Ukraineâ€™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 %530 from Azerbaijani side. He also added that increase of commodity exported from Ukraine to Azerbaijan is 10%.