The last day of last year was significant from the point of view of the completion of the Southern Gas Corridor, which is a historical project. It was connected to an integrated independent network of gas pipelines with a length of 3.5 thousand kilometers, which are united in a single project. For the first time, Azerbaijani gas was supplied to Europe . It was a really historical event, because the project was a big challenge from all points of view – financial, political and technical. ” According to AzerTaj, President Ilham Aliyev stated this during the discussions “South Caucasus: prospects for regional development and cooperation”, organized in video format by the International Center for Nizami Ganjevi.
“We made a really important contribution to the energy security of Europe. Given the opening of new deposits and a new level of natural gas production in Azerbaijan, this is a project that will continue throughout the upcoming decades. Azerbaijani gas is a new for the European continent, currently it The only new source of gas supplies to Europe, and this largely strengthened bilateral and multilateral relations between the countries involved, “said President Ilham Aliyev.