BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 1. Azerbaijan is obvious gateway for the countries of the Central Asia, Geoffrey Pyatt, US Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources, said at a briefing, Trend reports.
"We are committed to sustaining energy partnership with Azerbaijan, because of the unique role Azerbaijan plays as a major oil and gas producer, as an obvious gateway for the countries of Central Asia, as they try to navigate the very difficult neighborhood they live in. So, this is an energy relationship that is of strategic importance," he said.
Pyatt added that Southern Gas Corridor plays role of strategic importance in securing gas supplies to Europe.
"I had the opportunity when I was an ambassador in Greece to work very closely with my Azerbaijani counterpart. We worked on the final approvals for the last leg of the SGC – Trans Adriatic Pipeline. That was a very productive partnership. If that pipeline did not exist, South-Eastern Europe would have been in a much difficult situation," the assistant secretary noted.