Tarle: " southern gas corridor " will not replace the gas from Russia to the European Union

The project " southern gas corridor ", implemented by Azerbaijan, is an example of normal market competition, to replace gas from Russia to the EU It will not have the opportunity, said a member of the economic Department of the Federation Council, Professor Eugene Tarle.

last Saturday on the square of the Sangachal terminal in Baku held the official groundbreaking ceremony of the project " southern gas corridor ". The project involves the construction by 2019, the TANAP gas pipeline systems-TAP from the Azerbaijani Shah Deniz field through Georgia, Turkey, Greece, Albania to southern Italy. For him it is expected to deliver 6 billion cubic meters of gas to Turkey and 10 billion cubic meters in the European Union.

the head of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev have said before, that the Project " southern gas corridor " will ensure Europe's energy security and will benefit each participating in her side.

" It is the right of Azerbaijan to extract natural resources and sell them, " said Tarle Last news . He believes that this Project should be viewed not from the perspective of possible losses of Russia on the gas market, and as a normal market competition." Azerbaijan is our partner in the CIS, a friendly country, " added the Senator.

Tarle believes that " they will not occupy a significant place in the market, will not be able to replace our gas ".

feedback policy for the Russian Federation, It is a reminder that we need to diversify markets and sell not only resources, but also finished products." Long ago it was necessary to build oil and gas refineries, sell the finished products, organic chemical products, " said He.

the specialist added that the Russian Federation economic losses due to the conflict in Ukraine is much greater than any foreign economic Project.


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