Poland, Ukraine Call for ‘South-East Energy Corridor’ Summit

Presidents of Poland and Ukraine, Lech Kaczynski and Viktor Yushchenko, respectively, called for an energy summit in May with the participation of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Georgia.

After meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart in the Polish city of Plock, Lech Kaczynski said that the two presidents discussed, as he put it, “a great venture” of a south-eastern corridor to transport Kazakh and Azeri oil to Europe via Georgia and Ukraine, according to the Polish President’s press office.

Ukrainian President Yushchenko said that the holding of a summit would be an opportunity for the implementation of this project, according to the Ukrainian President’s press office.

Polish President Kaczynski is expected to visit Georgia in April and reportedly he will visit Azerbaijan on March 30.

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