BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 29. Our energy policy was never questioned by Russia, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said addressing the international conference under the motto “South Caucasus: Development and Cooperation”, Trend reports.
"We never planned to replace Russian gas. It is not possible because of the difference of volumes and we never had any intention to compete on the European market. We just wanted to have an access to the European market because it is the best. It is regulated by the regulations. It is stable and it is a market with the highest price. Today, we sell the gas to different consumers and the best price is in Europe. So, it is commercial. So, we didn’t have any intention to have rivalry or competition with Russia and I can tell you that our energy policy was never questioned by Russia. We never had any kind of discussions or kind of questions," the head of state said.