Minister of State for Petroleum Musadik Malik says Pakistan will import twenty thousand tons of additional gas from Azerbaijan during the next two months to meet its demand in the country.

Talking to a private TV channel, he said Russian Petroleum Minister will visit Pakistan next month for holding negotiations on an agreement for import of crude oil from Russia.

Musadik Malik was confident that Russia would export crude oil to Pakistan on discount rate.

He said the government is working on TAPI gas pipeline project to import 1300 billion MF Gas yearly from Azerbaijan to meet the gas shortage in the country.

He said our gas reservoirs are decreasing every year that cause additional pressure to import maximum gas to meet the demand.