Gazprom, Socar to decide on Azeri gas purchases in May

摘要

Moscow-Russia's gas giant Gazprom and Azerbaijan's state oil and gas company Socar expect to reach binding decisions in May on Azeri gas exports to Russia, which could scupper European hopes of using Azeri gas for the planned Nabucco pipeline to the EU.Russia's ambassador to Baku, Vladimir Dorokhin, was quoted as saying April 16 by Azerbaijan's Day.Az online news agency that the parties hoped the agreement would be "a depoliticized issue" despite the fact that the EU is looking at Azerbaijan as a new source of gas to reduce its dependence on Russia.