EU energy chief to attend Baku meeting of Southern Gas Corridor

 

The advisory panel is a joint initiative of Azerbaijan and the commission to implement the project to pipe natural gas to Europe from the Caspian region.

The EC said ministers from Georgia, Turkey, Greece, Italy, Albania and Bulgaria will also participate in the meeting.

"The Southern Gas Corridor remains key for the common objective of diversification of sources and suppliers,” commission said. 

"Initially, approximately 10 billion cubic meters of gas will flow along this route when it opens in 2019-2020. Given the potential supplies from the Caspian region, the Middle East, and the East Mediterranean, however, the EU aims to increase this volume in the long-term.”