Heydar Aliyev’s vision made it possible for Azerbaijan to resurrect its energy sector, Matthew Bryza, an international expert, board member of the Jamestown Foundation and former US Ambassador to Azerbaijan, said in an interview with Report.
"Indeed, it was possible that Azerbaijan’s oil and gas business would have never recovered after the collapse of the USSR. Heydar Aliyev’s vision made it possible for Azerbaijan to resurrect its energy sector as I mentioned earlier and ultimately export its oil gas through these pipelines. His vision also included attracting foreign investment in a geopolitically balanced way to prevent Azerbaijan from becoming anyone’s enemy. This meant securing investment from companies based in the UK, Türkiye and Japan but also from Russian and even Iranian companies at the time," he said.
The full text of the interview is available here.