DUSHANBE, October 8, 2012, Asia-Plus  -- Russia and Tajikistan have reportedly agreed to sign a government-to-government agreement on the tax-free delivery of Russian oil products to Tajikistan before November 1 this year, Dmitry Klokov, an aide to the Russian minister of energy, told journalists in Moscow on Monday.

Russian media sources quoted him as saying that a memorandum on the conditions of Russian oil product deliveries to Tajikistan provides for signing of the mentioned agreement before November 1.

The memorandum between the Ministry of Energy and Industries of Tajikistan and the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation on the conditions of Russian oil product deliveries to Tajikistan was signed in Dushanbe on October 5, during Russian president’s official visit to Tajikistan.

The sides have reportedly come to an agreement on tax-free delivery of Russian oil products to Tajikistan in the volume of domestic consumption.

An official source at the Ministry of Energy and Industries of Tajikistan sys the tax-free delivery of Russia’s oil products to Tajikistan will start most likely next year.

We will recall that Tajikistan was exempted from paying Russian tariffs on oil and gas exports from 1995-2010 and Russia cancelled Tajikistan’s tax exemption on May 1, 2010.