Azerbaijan offers Europe energy resources alternative to Russia

05-05-06

Azerbaijan offers Europe raw energy resources and definite independence from Russian energy resources, Azerbaijan Prime Minister Artur Rasizade, stated to an international conference on "Common visions of common society Vilnius 2006, which started in Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital.
"The Caspian region possesses unique natural resources and it is an important factor for regional and international policy. It also encourages the integration processes.”

“As a result of successful implementation of strategy energy companies have been established in the Caspian region, where global projects of great significance for the region and world are being implemented,” he underlined.
The Azerbaijani MP underlined that owing to a problem of energy resources, transport or energy security the international cooperation in the sphere of security of energy resources assumes special importance. Therefore, he offers Europe to use the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline which will connect Azerbaijan with Turkey via the territory of Georgia.
 

 

Source: www.trend.az