US strongly support TAP

“Politiko”, one of the most prestigious media outlets for the foreign policy of Washington, notes that the United States administration has given full support to the 45 billion USD project that will transport the Azerbaijani gas to Europe by skipping Russia.

The news was referred to by several other European media. TAP not only doesn’t come from Russia, but it skips even Ukraine, which is the current main pipeline for Europe. This has attracted the attention of the United States administration and the Congress.

56 United States congressmen from both parties drafted a resolution in which they consider the realization of the southern corridor as promotion of energetic safety for the European allies. The United States Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energetic Policies, Amos Hockstein, declared that the United States has made great efforts for guaranteeing the success of this project. TAP was chosen as the winning project from the Shah Deniz shareholders a few months ago.

The United States support will give another push to its success, so that it can be realized within 2018. Elin Sulejmanov, Azerbaijani ambassador at the United States of America, declared that although his country is not asking the United States for help in the construction of the project, the support of the United States administration is vital. “Without the leadership and support of the United States, things often do not happen”, he declared.

TAP will transport 10 billion cubic meters of gas from Azerbaijani to the European Market through Albania but its capacity might be three times bigger later, becoming an important source for Europe, which depends completely on russia. The European Union imports 160 billion cubic meters of gas each year from Russia, half of which goes through Ukraine. The recent conflict and the threats of President putin to stop the supply have spread panick through the European countries, which fear an energy crisis if the conflict will escalate.

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