Completion of the Southern Gas Corridor project is a historical achievement for Azerbaijan, for the country’s neighbors, for Europe, because it’s an important factor of European energy security, it’s an important instrument of diversification, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said at the opening of the VIII Global Baku Forum, Report informs.
“Since January 1 this year until October 31 – in ten months – Azerbaijan exported through these routes more than 14 billion cubic meters of natural gas to five countries – Turkey, Georgia, Italy, Greece, Bulgaria – and almost half of this volume was consumed by consumers of the European Union,” the president noted.
“And in those countries where the Azerbaijani gas is delivered there is no gas crisis, there is no price crisis, and there is no freezing. So, this demonstrates that the Southern Gas Corridor is really a project of energy security of Europe and Azerbaijan as a responsible country, as a producer and exporter now not only of oil but natural gas will play in the future very important role in the energy security issues,” he added.