Azerbaijan To Stop Importing Russian Gas Next Year
December 12, 2006
December 12, 2006 -- Azerbaijan's top energy official says Azerbaijan will stop importing Russian natural gas beginning in January.
Russia's Gazprom recently said it wants to slash gas imports to Azerbaijan and also double its price to $230 per 1,000 cubic meters.
Natik Aliyev, minister for industry and energy, said Azerbaijan was not satisfied with Gazprom's proposals and would replace Russian supplies with amounts from its own Shah Deniz gas field.
(Interfax-Ukraine, AP)