ITAR-TASS: Trans-Adriatic Pipeline will strengthen energy security in Europe — Azerbaijan president

Azerbaijan’s President Ilkham Aliyev has said the construction of the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) will strengthen energy security in Europe.

“Energy security has strategic importance and the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline will enhance relations between Azerbaijan and Greece,” Aliyev said after talks with Greek President Karolos Papoulias on Monday.

The TAP project and the Shah Deniz gas field are important for Europe because gas will run to European markets for many decades, he said.

Papoulias said the two countries “strengthen economic cooperation after they elect the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline that will transport gas to Europe from Azerbaijan via Greece. The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) acquires a controlling package of shares of Greece’s DESFA”.
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