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Azerbaijan To Discuss Gas Deliveries To Europe

Presidents Aliyev (left) and Chirac at a previous meeting (epa)

May 29, 2006 -- Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev says he will discuss the possibility of Azerbaijani gas deliveries to Europe when he meets with French President Jacques Chirac on May 30.

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May 29, 2006

Speaking in Paris ahead of the meeting, Aliyev noted that Russia supplies some 20 percent of Europe's natural-gas needs, but he said that European countries are "looking for alternatives."

A price dispute between Russia and Ukraine led to brief disruptions in gas deliveries to Western Europe last year.

(AFP)

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