BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 19. Moldova is
all in favour of becoming a member of the Solidarity Ring, which entails the
supply of extra gasoline volumes from Azerbaijan to Europe, State
Secretary of the Ministry of Vitality of the Republic of Moldova,
Constantin Borosan mentioned in an unique interview with Development.
“A memorandum on the Solidarity Ring was signed in April,
bringing collectively a number of international locations. This represents one other
contribution by Azerbaijan strengthening Europe’s vitality safety.
We’re grateful to Azerbaijan for such a major function. Moldova
could be very all in favour of diversifying routes and sources of provide.
Such a undertaking will contribute to enhancing vitality safety, and we
want to be a part of it,” he mentioned.
The state secretary identified that with the assist of the
United States, the European Union, and Romania, Moldova now
procures pure gasoline from the European market.
“In fact, these are short-term tasks, and we want to
set up contracts for longer intervals, spanning a number of years.
Moldova is presently in search of such options. We’ve beforehand
expressed our curiosity in buying pure gasoline from Azerbaijan
and hope that will probably be doable. As for different international locations from
which we’re contemplating gasoline procurement, Romania, which has its
personal sources, is definitely one in all them,” mentioned Borosan.
Sofia hosted a ceremony of signing the Memorandum of
Understanding on the promotion of cooperation between
Bulgartransgaz (Bulgaria), Transgaz (Romania), FGSZ (Hungary),
Eustream (Slovakia), and the State Oil Firm of Azerbaijan
Republic (SOCAR) on April 25.
The Memorandum of Understanding outlines the instructions of
cooperation between the 4 gasoline transmission system operators and
SOCAR for extra gasoline deliveries to Europe. The extra gasoline
provides will likely be facilitated by means of the improved gasoline transmission
community of Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, and Slovakia, often called the
Solidarity Ring.
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