Volodymyr Demchyshyn met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Turkey to Ukraine

posted 13 February 2015 12:08

On February 12, 2015, Minister of Energy and Coal Industry Volodymyr Demchyshyn met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Turkey to Ukraine Mr. Yonet Can Tezel to discuss the cooperation in the energy sector.

The sides expressed their mutual interest in the future meetings of the Working Group on Energy established under the Intergovernmental Ukrainian-Turkish Commission on trade and economic cooperation, and the Working Group on cooperation in the nuclear energy sphere.

"Proposals to be elaborated by participants of these groups should be the basis for decisions on joint projects in the energy sector between the two countries in the framework of the Strategic Council at a high level," Mr. Tezel noted.

In addition, the sides discussed the state of the implementation of the project TANAP, which will increase the Caspian natural gas supply to Europe via Turkey in the future.

The meeting concerned the issue of sharing technical experience between, particularly in nuclear energy.