U.S. govt not to get engaged in possible purchase of BP's stake in TNK-BP by U.S. companies
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MOSCOW. June 6 (Interfax) - U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Francisco Sanchez thinks that it is up to U.S. companies to decide whether to buy a BP stake in the TNK-BP company, if it is sold.
"This is a decision for American companies and their shareholders, and the U.S. government on matters like this tends not to get engage. So, I will only be speculating, I have to defer to the American companies, whether or not they will be interested," Sanchez said in an interview with Interfax.
However, "I'm very supportive of anything that strengthens commercial relations between the United States and Russia. We'll certainly be supportive of U.S. companies that look at being involved in the energy sector here," he said.
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