AzerNews: TAP to enhance already strong U.S -Azerbaijan energy partnership- Ambassador

The decision of the developers of the Shah Deniz natural gas field, a mega project in the Caspian Sea, will bring much needed energy diversity and security to Europe and further cement the US-Azerbaijani relationship when it comes to energy supply, Azerbaijani ambassador Elin Suleymanov said in his article published on the U.S. newspaper Global Post.

"Initially carrying 353 billion cubic feet of gas each year, the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) - part of the Southern Gas Corridor - will bond Azerbaijan to the energy-hungry nations of Europe. Recent statements made by European leaders during Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's visit to Brussels reinforced the pipeline's importance to the region's energy future," he said.

Suleymanov believes that the TAP establishes a new geographic reality by directly linking Azerbaijan, Georgia and potentially the entire Caspian region to Southern Europe.  MORE