CHISINAU (Reuters) -Lukoil-Moldova has agreed to allow the Moldovan government free use of its fuel terminal at Chisinau airport, the country’s energy minister said on Friday.
The move aims to secure fuel supplies for stable airport operations as U.S. sanctions against the Russian-owned company take effect later this month, Energy Minister Dorin Junghietu said in a statement.
Lukoil, along with Rosneft, was targeted by U.S. sanctions linked to Russia’s war in Ukraine. It is currently the sole supplier of fuel at Eugen Doga airport, Moldova’s only airport.
Moldova’s pro-European authorities said this week they had proposed buying the firm’s airport infrastructure, including a storage facility, to ensure supplies of aviation fuel in the country lying between Ukraine and Romania.
Junghietu added on Friday that his government has reached an agreement with a Romanian company for fuel supplies at the airport in the nearest future.
(Reporting by Alexander Tanas; Writing by Dan Peleschuk, Editing by Louise Heavens)
