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Gazprom says it knows Azerbaijan wants to resume Russian gas purchases
Azerbaijan wants to resume buying Russian gas from Gazprom, the Russian energy company.
Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller said the company knows about Baku’s interest.
The interest was also confirmed by SOCAR vice president Elshad Nasirov, speaking for Azerbaijan’s state oil company.
Azerbaijan has bought Russian gas before, but the supplied information does not give details of its past purchases.
The volumes Azerbaijan wants are not yet known, so the potential scale of renewed imports remains unclear.
No further details on a possible resumption were provided.
Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller said the company knows Azerbaijan is interested in resuming purchases of Russian gas.
Miller spoke to reporters on the sidelines of Russian Energy Week.
SOCAR Vice President Elshad Nasirov had earlier said Baku wanted to resume Russian gas imports from Gazprom.
Nasirov said the volumes Azerbaijan would seek to purchase were not yet available.
- Who
- Gazprom and Azerbaijan, represented by Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller and SOCAR Vice President Elshad Nasirov.
- What
- Azerbaijan wants to resume buying Russian gas from Gazprom.
- When
- Miller made his remarks on October 16, 2026. Nasirov’s statement was made earlier.
- Where
- Miller spoke on the sidelines of Russian Energy Week; the location is not stated.
- Why
- Not stated
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
SOCAR Vice President Elshad Nasirov said Baku wanted to resume Russian gas imports from Gazprom.
Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller said the company knew of Azerbaijan’s interest in resuming purchases.
- Company
- Gazprom
- CEO
- Alexey Miller
- Azerbaijan state oil company
- SOCAR
- SOCAR vice president
- Elshad Nasirov
- Purchase volumes
- Not yet available
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