MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's largest crude oil producer Rosneft (>> NK Rosneft' PAO) will take part in the sale of the state's controlling stake in mid-size oil company Bashneft (>> ANK Bashneft' PAO), Rosneft said on Friday.

"Yes, we will bid for Bashneft," Rosneft's spokesman Mikhail Leontiyev said without providing further detail.

(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; Writing by Lidia Kelly; Editing by David Goodman)

Stocks treated in this article : NK Rosneft' PAO, ANK Bashneft' PAO