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From: Daria Solovieva (dsolovieva@sorosny.org)
Date: Tue Feb 10 2004 - 12:23:48 EST
On his return on 8 February to Baku after a three-day official visit to
Moscow, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev told journalists that the
declaration on bilateral relations he signed together with Russian President
Vladimir Putin affirms Baku's intent to continue exporting oil via the
Baku-Novorossiisk pipeline, Interfax reported. Aliyev reportedly said the
longer that pipeline remains in use, the better, and that Baku might increase
the amount of oil it exports by that route as production expands. Azerbaijan's
state oil company SOCAR exports crude both via Novorossiisk and
Georgia. Interfax on 6 February quoted Russian Energy Minister Igor
Yusufov as saying talks are in progress on a 15-year agreement on
Azerbaijani oil exports via Russia, and that Moscow is ready to compromise
and reduce transport tariffs. The present tariff for oil exported via the
Baku-Novorossiisk pipeline is $15.67 per ton. LF
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