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Ukraine and Azerbaijan to resume talks on establishment of joint venture for transportation of liquid gas

05 April 2012 13:18 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA-Economics. Ukraine and Azerbaijan will resume talks on establishment of joint venture for transportation of liquid gas, this month.

According to Vladislav Kaskiv, Head of State Agency for Investment and National Projects, Azerbaijani and Ukrainian PMs Artur Rasizadeh and Nikolai Azarov have come to an agreement on this issue, in Baku.

The joint venture will be established with the joint participation of SOCAR and State Agency for Investment and National Projects and it will prepare feasibility study of transportation of liquid gas to Ukrainian shore of Black Sea.

Note that, LNG Terminal national project was extended under the name of LNG Ukraina on March 22. This project includes not only gas transportation, but development of alternative sources strategy (LNG-resurs). Ukraine will send this project to SOFAZ and Ministry of Economic Development for considering.