ITAR-TASS: Georgia will back Europe’s Southern Gas Corridor — Prime Minister

Georgia will back Europe’s Southern Corridor project that competes with Russia’s South Stream, Georgian Prime Minister Irakly Garibashvili has said.

“We will back the South Corridor project that will allow Europe to tap into Central Asia’s vast reserves,” he said on Wednesday.

The Southern Corridor project is an initiative of the European Commission for the gas supply from Caspian and Middle Eastern regions to Europe.

The project directly opposes Russia’s South Stream that is designed to supply Russian gas to the EU by-passing Ukraine. The South Stream project is much more beneficial, but it frightens radical supporters of the EU energy independence.
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