Ukraine is ready to investnearly $800 million in the planned Trans-Anatolia gas pipeline (Tanap),officials in Kiev told Azeri President Ilham Aliyev during his visit to theUkranian capital on Monday.

Kiev seeks to get cheaperAzeri gas through Tanap, according to Kommersant Ukraina newspaper.

Construction of the 2,000-kilometerlink across Turkey will start next year. Azerbaijan’s state oil company Socarholds 80 percent of the project, which will also be joined by BP, Statoil andTotal.

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