BAKU, July 1 – Azerbaijan's Energy Minister Natig Aliyev considers it necessary to take concrete steps to ensure Azeri oil supplies to Ukrainian refineries and its transit to Europe.

Aliyev and Ukraine's deputy prime minister, co-chairman of the Azerbaijani-Ukrainian intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation, Hennadiy Zubko The prospects for extending the Azerbaijani-Ukrainian relations in the area of energy, discussed these matters on Friday, the Energy Ministry's press service reported.