BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 4
Trend:
Since 1 January this year until the 31 October-in ten months Azerbaijan exported through these routes more than 14 billion cubic meters of natural gas, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said while delivering speech at the opening ceremony of the VIII Global Baku Forum under the motto "The world after COVID-19”, Trend reports.
"On 31 December 2020, the last segment of that project Trans Adriatic pipeline was commissioned. This is really the historical achievement for Azerbaijan, for our neighbors, for Europe. Because it’s an important factor of European energy security. İt’s an important instrument of diversification and in case of the Southern Gas Corridor, it is the diversification not only of routes but also sources. A new source of natural gas from large gas deposits of Azerbaijan is already on European market. Since 1 January this year until the 31 October-in ten months Azerbaijan exported through these routes more than 14 billion cubic meters of natural gas to 5 countries: Turkey, Georgia, Italy, Greece, Bulgaria. Almost half of this volume was consumed by consumers of the European Union. In those countries where 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," Azerbaijan's President said.