Nigar Orujova. Azerbaijan and the EU have agreed to work together on the development of the southern gas corridor project, which is strategically important for both parties, the Agency reports Trend referring to the President of the European Council Donald Tusk.

the head of the European Union Donald Tusk on July 21, arrived on an official visit to Azerbaijan. During the visit the head of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and head of the EU on July 22 held a General press conference.

According to Tusk, the EU aims to eliminate the use of gas in the form of danger.

"The conflict in Ukraine shows that such a Danger now exists. Because of this, the EU aims at diversification of energy supplies, and Azerbaijan is the main partner of the EU in this direction, " - said Tusk.

according to his statement, for Europe it is the issue of diversification of supplies, and at the same time, Azerbaijan is the expansion of export opportunities.

Tusk said that the EU aims to further expand commercial ties with Azerbaijan.

He has supplemented his words by the fact that Azerbaijan will soon complete the dialogues on WTO accession.

"during the meeting we discussed the possibilities of the most effective strengthening of bilateral relations through new ambitious bilateral Treaty," He said.

Tusk said that during the meeting with Azerbaijani President also discussed the programme " Eastern partnership ".

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