Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan confirmed that recently he discussed the matter of exporting oil and oil products from Azerbaijan to Armenia with Azerbaijan’s Deputy Prime Minister Shahin Mustafayev in Gabala, Azerbaijan, reports Azatutyun, the RFE/RL’s Armenian service.

In response to Azatutyun’s question on whether Yerevan and Baku have already reached an agreement on importing fuel from Azerbaijan, the Armenian deputy premier said: “Yes, there have been discussions, there are opportunities for cooperation.”

Azatutyun had asked also about the amount of Azerbaijani fuel imports being discussed, which Armenian companies intend to buy oil from Azerbaijan, the price range at which Azerbaijan is ready to sell oil and oil products to Armenia, and whether it will be competitive compared to the fuel Armenia imports from Russia.

“The further process regarding fuel is already within the domain of cooperation of private exporters and importers, and the terms of possible transactions will be market-based,” the Armenian deputy PM replied.

In addition to importing Azerbaijani fuel, when asked what other sectors of mutual trade Armenia and Azerbaijan are discussing, Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan did not give a specific answer, and noted only that “discussions on other goods are still ongoing.”

The fact that Yerevan and Baku are discussing the export of oil and oil products from Azerbaijan to Armenia became known to the Armenian public from the Azerbaijani side. Azerbaijan’s presidential aide for foreign policy, Hikmat Hajiyev announced this last week. He stated that alongside the border delimitation process, the deputy prime ministers of the two counties had discussed also certain domains of mutual trade between the two countries, and that one of the domains currently under discussion was the export of oil and oil products from Azerbaijan to Armenia.