EU Energy Commissioner To Visit Azerbaijan
Date
6/22/2022 3:07:15 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 22. EU Commissioner for
Energy Kadri Simson will visit Azerbaijan in July, Trend reports.
The announcement was made by the commissioner at the Three Seas
Business Forum: 'Building a Balanced and Resilient energy Sector in
the Three Seas Region' in Riga.
She pointed out that the EU Energy platform is one of the key
drivers of EU effort to diversify.
“The Platform will aggregate EU gas demand, allow us to better
and more efficiently use gas infrastructure, like LNG terminals and
carry out outreach to supply partners. In terms of outreach to
international partners, we are quite advanced with the United
States, as well as Norway. Last week I travelled to Cairo where we
signed an MoU with Egypt and Israel. I will also visit Azerbaijan
in July. At the same time, we have intense contacts with Canada,
Qatar, Algeria, and others,” noted Simson.
EU and Azerbaijan are in active dialogue on increasing gas
supplies amid the energy crisis. Senior European Commission
officials and Azerbaijan government representatives met May 13 to
discuss energy issues in line with the EU-Azerbaijan Energy
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). In a context of heightened
global energy challenges, stable bilateral energy relations and
cooperation between the EU and Azerbaijan are a key factor
contributing to competitive, diversified and secure gas
supplies.
Azerbaijan's gas exports to Europe began on December 31, 2020
with the commissioning of the Southern Gas Corridor comprising of
the South Caucasus Pipeline Expansion, the Trans Anatolian Natural
Gas Pipeline (TANAP) and the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP).
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