COOPERATION BETWEEN UKRAINE AND THE REPUBLIC OF TURKISH IN THE ENERGY SPHERE IN 1991–2021

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to analyze, based on source materials and scientific literature,the content and features of cooperation between Ukraine and the Republic of Turkey in the energy sector in 1991–2021, outlining its prospects for the future. The research methodology is based on the use of a number of general scientific methods (monitoring, comparison, analysis, synthesis, visualization), as well as the appli- cation of special methods of historical research, among which it is worth mentioning the historical-typological and historical-systemic methods. The scientific novelty of the current study lies in the fact that in its process a comprehensive review of the issue of cooperation between Ukraine and the Republic of Turkey in the energysector in 1991–2021 was conducted for the first time, which allowed identifying its features and importance for the main stakeholders. Conclusions. Although during the period 1991–2021 the governments of both states signed the “Memorandum of Understanding in the Field of Energy between the Ministry of Energy and CoalIndustry of Ukraine and the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources of the Republic of Turkey”, which con-tained a number of proposals for cooperation in the fields of renewable and nuclear energy, development ofdeposits and extraction of hydrocarbon resources, the impact of cooperation between Ukraine and the Republic of Turkey in the energy sector in 1991–2021 on the domestic energy sector was minimal. In our opinion, the main reasons for this were poor logistics, the declarative basis of cooperation and critical underfinancing ofthis process. Thus, the main prospect of Ukraine, in the context of its cooperation with the Republic of Turkeyin 1991–2021, in the field of energy was to fulfill the role of an alternative supplier of Turkish energy resources.