(firstenercastfinancial) -- A pipeline carrying Turkmen
natural gas across the Caspian Sea for delivery to Europe will move closer to
realization, as the involved parties are preparing to sign agreements later this
year, Azerbaijan's Energy Minister Natiq Aliyev said Wednesday.
The European Union is preparing two documents together with Turkmenistan and
Azerbaijan that will allow Europe to take natural gas from Turkmenistan and
other Central Asian countries, said Aliyev.
Securing gas supplies from
Turkmenistan has become a priority for the EU, as it promotes what it calls the
Southern Corridor for Caspian gas transit to Europe in an attempt to lower the
union's dependence on Russian gas supplies. |