Activation of Ukrainian-Russian cooperation in energy discussed

During the meeting the interlocutors discussed the issues of cooperation in energy area, in particular, they emphasized the importance of the understandings achieved in the course of the 6-th meeting of Ukrainian-Russian interstate commission in December of 2013.

Eduard Stavytskyi accentuated the significance the constructive cooperation in export of power energy has commenced to the adjacent to Ukraine areas of the Russian Federation. Moreover, the Minister aired the need to stir up the relations in implementation of the decisions of the eleventh meeting of the subcommission for fuel and energy complex, in particular realization of the Agreement on joint development of the Pallas structure on the Black Sea shelf of Ukraine and deepening cooperation in the framework of the signed in 2010 Roadmap of Ukrainian-Russian cooperation in hydro power.

“Such projects will facilitate the development of mutually beneficial Ukrainian-Russian cooperation in fuel and energy complex,” Eduard Stavytskyi stressed.

On the outcomes of the meeting the parties adopted a decision to continue search of principles and mechanisms of mutually beneficial cooperation in gas area, facilitate maintaining reliable and uninterrupted transportation of oil by the territory of Ukraine, focus attention on the programs of technical re-equipment and reconstruction of the functioning hydro-power stations and designing, building and putting in exploitation of the new hydroelectric stations and hydroelectric pumped storage power plant, and to cooperate in production, supply, assembling and exploitation of main and additional equipment of hydroelectric stations etc.

It should be noted through January 30-31 a Ukrainian delegation led by the Minister of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine Eduard Stavytskyi visits Moscow, the Russian Federation.