MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russia's energy giant Gazprom could begin gas deliveries to Azerbaijan as early as by the end of 2015, the company's CEO Alexei Miller said Friday.
"Our colleagues from Azerbaijan have asked us to begin deliveries of Russian natural gas as soon as possible," Miller said at a news conference in Moscow.
"We are talking about deliveries on the basis of a mid-to-long-term contract in the amount of several billion cubic meters annually. The deliveries could start before the end of this year," Miller said.
A contract for deliveries of Azerbaijani gas to Russia is in force until the end of 2015, he noted.
Gazprom and the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic signed the contract in 2009, the deliveries started in 2010 and were gradually decreasing until stopping in the middle of 2014.
