Azeri Leader to Talk Energy Routes
Azeri Leader to Talk Energy Routes
During a June 19 summit of the GUAM grouping, involving Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova, Aliev proposed that pipeline and other transport infrastructure located on member states’ territory could be used to take Kazakh oil and gas to Europe. He also suggested that Kazakstan and Turkmenistan should join GUAM.
Kazakhstan is already committed to the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, but Azerbaijan also wants it to join GUAM’s main venture, the Odessa-Brody-Gdansk pipeline, which is intended to transport energy to Europe bypassing Russia.