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AZERBAIJAN URGES ARMENIA TO WITHDRAW, JOIN IN ENERGY
Hurriyet, Turkey
Sept 27 2013
NEW YORK
Turkish Foreign Minister Davutoglu (C) and his Azeri counterpart
Mammadyarov speak at the Caspian Forum. Courtesy of HASEN Azeri Foreign
Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has urged that if Armenia withdraws from
the Azeri territories that it occupies, it would contribute to the
regional success of the Southern Gas Corridor.
Mammadyarov said the Southern Gas Corridor had strategic importance
that would assure stability, sustainable development, security and
peace in the region, during the Caspian Forum held in New York late
Sept. 25, organized by HASEN, an Istanbul-based think tank that
conducts research on the Caspian region.
"Armenia can be a part of regional success after withdrawing its
troops from the occupied territories," he said, according to the HASEN
press release, adding that the Baku-Ceyhan and new pipeline projects
"reinforced Azerbaijan's sovereign independence."
'Peace corridor'
Speaking at the same event, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu
said the Southern Gas Corridor was expected to not just bring economic
benefits, but also to "contribute to peace and security."
Davutoglu stated that the Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan pipeline and the Southern
Gas Corridor projects linked the continents by creating a "peace and
energy basin" from the Caucasus to the Balkans and from the Caspian
Sea to the Mediterranean. He stressed that the Southern Gas Corridor
would not only be an energy corridor, but also a "peace corridor."
The Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline Project (TANAP), the Southern
Gas Corridor's Turkish component, will contribute to making Turkey
a strategically important intermediary, he said, while adding that
Turkey was also a consumer market as it has a considerable demand
for domestic consumption.
The TANAP intends to enable the transportation of gas from the Shah
Deniz 2 field and other fields of Azerbaijan through Turkey to Europe.
In addition, the Trans-Adriatic-Pipeline (TAP) is slated to carry
Azeri gas to Europe across Greece, Albania and Turkey.
The TANAP is planned to be completed in 2018 and will be connected
to the TAP.
September/27/2013
From: Baghdasarian
Hurriyet, Turkey
Sept 27 2013
NEW YORK
Turkish Foreign Minister Davutoglu (C) and his Azeri counterpart
Mammadyarov speak at the Caspian Forum. Courtesy of HASEN Azeri Foreign
Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has urged that if Armenia withdraws from
the Azeri territories that it occupies, it would contribute to the
regional success of the Southern Gas Corridor.
Mammadyarov said the Southern Gas Corridor had strategic importance
that would assure stability, sustainable development, security and
peace in the region, during the Caspian Forum held in New York late
Sept. 25, organized by HASEN, an Istanbul-based think tank that
conducts research on the Caspian region.
"Armenia can be a part of regional success after withdrawing its
troops from the occupied territories," he said, according to the HASEN
press release, adding that the Baku-Ceyhan and new pipeline projects
"reinforced Azerbaijan's sovereign independence."
'Peace corridor'
Speaking at the same event, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu
said the Southern Gas Corridor was expected to not just bring economic
benefits, but also to "contribute to peace and security."
Davutoglu stated that the Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan pipeline and the Southern
Gas Corridor projects linked the continents by creating a "peace and
energy basin" from the Caucasus to the Balkans and from the Caspian
Sea to the Mediterranean. He stressed that the Southern Gas Corridor
would not only be an energy corridor, but also a "peace corridor."
The Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline Project (TANAP), the Southern
Gas Corridor's Turkish component, will contribute to making Turkey
a strategically important intermediary, he said, while adding that
Turkey was also a consumer market as it has a considerable demand
for domestic consumption.
The TANAP intends to enable the transportation of gas from the Shah
Deniz 2 field and other fields of Azerbaijan through Turkey to Europe.
In addition, the Trans-Adriatic-Pipeline (TAP) is slated to carry
Azeri gas to Europe across Greece, Albania and Turkey.
The TANAP is planned to be completed in 2018 and will be connected
to the TAP.
September/27/2013
From: Baghdasarian