The transfer of Turkmen gas to Turkey and Europe through the expanded Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) project is only a matter of time, Turkish president said on Tuesday.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a statement:
Our long-standing co-operation, crowned with infrastructure investments such as Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan, Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum pipelines and TANAP, has not only benefited Türkiye and Azerbaijan, but has also made significant contributions to the energy security of the region and Europe.
Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar read Erdogan’s message at the International Caspian Oil and Gas Exhibition in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Turkish president said:
We are aiming to complete electricity export on Nahcivan and Igdir-Nahcivan natural gas line projects as soon as possible.
Erdogan said Turkey is determined to maintain peace and stability in the West Caucasus. He also added:
The fact that our work on these issues will bear fruit very soon will undoubtedly be another joint achievement of Türkiye and Azerbaijan.
He said the Turkic world is ready to further develop and deepen its co-operation in the field of energy, as well as in various spheres. Erdogan added:
I would like to take this opportunity to express my satisfaction that the next summit of the Organization of Turkic States will be held next month in Shusha, hosted by Azerbaijan. The six-fold capacity increase in freight transportation to be achieved with the completion of the modernisation works of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway, which is the backbone of the Middle Corridor that brings the historical Silk Road to life on rails, is of strategic importance for the development of the regional transportation network.
The Turkish President said that the two countries are strengthening co-operation in the fields of renewable energy, new technologies and diversity of energy resources.
He also welcomed the recent positive developments between Azerbaijan and Armenia and reiterated that the peace agreement to be signed is a historic opportunity for the future of the region.
Erdogan reminded that the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP 29) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change will be held in Azerbaijan from November 11-22 and expressed readiness to provide all possible support to the conference.
