Ukraine is ready for natural gas transit from Azerbaijan to Europesaid Ukrainian President Volodymyr on Saturday Zelenskyj. In his words, this can also help Slovakia, TASR informs on the basis of a report by the politico.eu news server.
Greeding journalists in Kiev told that he spoke of such an agreement with Azerbaijan President Ilham Alijev, whom he had met in the last days. “We can use our infrastructure if countries in Europe need natural gas. But not Russian natural gas, ” said the Ukrainian leader.
The transit of Russian natural gas through Ukraine stopped in early Januarywhich led to sharp protests from Slovakia and Hungary, which still received considerable gas supplies from Russia, reminded Politico.
Greeding at a press conference with Moldova President Maia Sandu, with whom he discussed the solutions of the energy crisis in the session Transnistria after stopping the gas transit through Ukraine. “We will not allow the Russians to benefit from it,” said. “But will we let Azerbaijan make? With pleasure. Will we help the Slovaks? With pleasure. We can do it quickly. We can sign a contract and prepare it quickly when we hear signals from people in (Transnistric capital) Tiraspole, Slovakia and other countries in Europe, ” He was quoted by the server.
However, according to Politico, experts doubt that Azerbaijan has the capacity to supply large new gas volumes to Europe through Ukraine.
In the middle of last year, the high -ranking Azerbaijan representative confirmed to Politico that his country is conducting talks about the possible takeover of the contract for the transport of gas through Ukraine and is considering a number of options. The Russian Treaty exporting gas to the EU through the pipelines leading through Ukraine expired at the end of 2024. Kiev rejected her extension.
