Trend: UK considers Caspian gas as important for European energy security

The United Kingdom considers Caspian gas as important for European energy security, UK Prime Minister's Trade Envoy to Azerbaijan, Charles Hendry said at a press conference on November 21.

"It is important to deliver gas from the Caspian region to the European market," Hendry said.

He also stressed that the UK have fully supported the decision of selection of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) as the route to transport gas to the Europe.

Talking about the perspective of the Trans Caspian pipeline project's implementation, Hendry said that "it is something that I believe will happen eventually".

"If the delivery of Turkmen gas though Azerbaijan to the European market via the pipeline becomes real, we will obviously support this," Hendry said adding that the EU strongly supports this project.

He also stressed that this issue will be the bilateral process between the government of Azerbaijan and government of Turkmenistan.  MORE