Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec. 3 /Trend V.Zhavoronkova/
Raw materials for processing at the refinery of State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR), which is planned to be constructed in Kyrgyzstan, can be delivered through the pipeline built by China, President of the Association of Oil Traders of Kyrgyzstan Zhumakadyr Akeneev told Trend on Monday.
"It is planned that China will build the pipeline Kazakhstan-Kyrgyzstan - China, through which the supply of oil will be carried out, including to the refinery of SOCAR," Akeneev said.
The parties' have the intention to build a refinery, however, technical issues that should be discussed at a meeting on the subject, still remain unresolved, he said.
Trilateral meeting of representatives of Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan on the implementation of the project is expected, however, the timing of it is unknown.
The agreement on SOCAR's refinery construction in Kyrgyzstan was reached by the parties on January 19 at a meeting of Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev and SOCAR president Rovnag Abdullayev.
It is assumed that Kazakhstan will be the resource base for the refinery, however, the conditions for the supply of the crude oil aren't known yet.