Azerbaijan and Russia sign new contract on oil transit

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The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) and Russia’s Transneft have signed a new contract.

 

SOCAR told APA-Economics that after long talks to resume oil delivery through Baku-Novorossiysk pipeline, SOCAR and Transneft signed a new contract basing on mutually beneficial commercial conditions.

 

“Resumed oil delivery through Russia will increase diversification of export routes of Azerbaijani oil,” says the official statement issued by SOCAR.

 

Apa.az