Azerbaijan offers Iraq access to Europe gas pipelines

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Azerbaijan offers Iraq access to Europe gas pipelines

 

BAGHDAD - Agence France Presse

 

 

 

Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov (L) speaks during a joint news conference with Iraq's Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari ® in Baghdad February 10, 2014. REUTERS photo

 

Azerbaijan has offered Iraq access to the "Southern Gas Corridor" connecting the Caspian Sea to the European Union to help Baghdad sell natural gas to Europe, Baku's foreign minister said Monday.
 
Elmar Mammadyarov told journalists in the Iraqi capital that officials in Baghdad had already expressed interest in joining the massive project, which is supported by the United States and aims to reduce Europe's dependence on gas from Russia.
 
"It's a huge project ... and it's open if Iraq is also interested to deliver their own natural gas," Mammadyarov said at a joint news conference with his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari.
 
"The project is there, so if any other countries ... want to join the Southern Gas Corridor, including Iraq, who already expressed some interest for this project, we are ready to start negotiations." Gas pumped from the immense new Shah Deniz II field will travel across Azerbaijan and Georgia and across Turkey through a new Trans-Anatolian Pipeline, which is set to be a key part of the Southern Gas Corridor from the Caspian Sea to Turkey and the EU.
 
Russia, meanwhile, backs a new pipeline under construction known as South Stream that aims to transport 63 billion cubic metres under the Black Sea to Europe.
 
Europe's annual demand for additional gas import may reach 80 billion cubic metres by 2020 and surpass 140 billion cubic metres by 2030, according to the South Stream website.
 
Iraq currently produces relatively small quantities of gas, most of which is kept for its domestic market, and flares off a large amount of associated gas from its vast oil fields.
 
But the country is looking to ramp up exports of natural gas to fund reconstruction of its conflict-battered economy and infrastructure.

 

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This is huge! It won't be long....

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Maliki urges Azerbaijan on oil cooperation

- FEBRUARY 10, 2014

 

Maliki urges Azerbaijan on oil cooperatio

 

BAGHDAD - Dalia Ahmed

 

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to strengthen relations and to activate joint committees and to increase cooperation in the fields of oil and energy with Azerbaijan, stressing the need for political cooperation and information exchange in the field of counter-terrorism. Maliki said in a statement yesterday on the sidelines of a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Elmar Mammadyarov, (call for promote relations and to activate joint committees and to increase cooperation in the fields of oil and energy).

 

Maliki confirmed (the need for political cooperation and information exchange in the field of counter-terrorism).

 

For his part, said that Yarov (his country suffered a wave of acts of terrorism and it is ready for cooperation and information sharing on counter-terrorism, which threatens the region). He pointed to Yarov (Azerbaijani companies' desire to work and invest in Iraq and has had a presence earlier in the electricity sector, energy, etc.), announcing the (Azeri Parliament to take a decision to open an embassy in Baghdad).

 

The Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari has received Yarov and his accompanying delegation yesterday at the Baghdad International Airport and held a round of talks with him.

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