Russia seen as leading Azeri gas candidate

摘要

Moscow-Azeri President Ilham Aliyev gave his strongest hint to date April 17 that the former Soviet country would consider sending much of its new gas production to Russia, scuppering EU hopes of securing new Azeri supplies for its own markets.Cooperation with Russia in the gas sector is a "relatively new topic," Aliyev said in televised comments following a meeting in Moscow with Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev. "I think we can state significant progress," he said.