Uzbekistan and Canada discussed promotion of cooperation in innovative development of real economy of the Central Asian state, the press service of the Ministry of Innovative Development of Uzbekistan reported on April 23. According to the statement, the discussion was held within the framework of the meeting between Deputy Minister Sherzod Shermatov and Minister-Counsellor, Senior…
Ukraine maintains its interest in the Baltic, Adriatic, Black Sea Initiative put forward by the Croatian president and believes that joining it meets its objectives, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze has said. She stated this at a meeting with Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic in Zagreb. “Ukraine is one…
Polish Ambassador to Ukraine Jan Pieklo has said that there is a technical possibility to supply liquefied natural gas from Qatar to Ukraine through Poland. “There is a technical possibility to supply gas through Poland from Qatar. I think that negotiations are being conducted in this direction,” the diplomat said. As reported, Qatar, as part…
Dominique Ristori, the Director General of the Directorate-General for Energy within the European Commission, has expressed its support for Ukraine’s stance on construction of Russian gas pipeline Nord Stream 2. Ristori said this during a briefing upon the meeting with Energy and Coal Industry Minister of Ukraine Ihor Nasalyk, the government portal reports. “Ristori has…
Ukraine boosted electricity exports to European Union countries and Moldova in the first two months of 2018 by 6.1% YoY, to 1.032 billion kWh. In particular, Hungary accounted for 60.6%, or 624.9 million kWh, while the share of Poland was 27.9%, or 288.4 million kWh. Moldova bought 96 million kWh of Ukrainian electricity (9.3%), Slovakia…
Iran has concluded an agreement with Azerbaijan for the purchase of 150 megawatt of power, a senior official said. Iran’s Energy Minister Reza Ardakania said that the agreement on his country’s power purchase from Azerbaijan was made during the recent visit of President Hassan Rouhani to Baku. The minister added that the two countries currently…
Ukraine should let gas prices be determined by the market, in line with the reforms that were implemented in 2016, IMF representative to Ukraine, Goesta Ljungman, said this in a commentary to Reuters. “We believe that it is important to let gas prices – including tariffs for households – be determined by the market, in…