AZERBAIJAN AND ITS PARTNERS CAN GUARANTEE PIPELINE SECURITY – FOREIGN MINISTRY

RedOrbit
Aug 7 2008
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BAKU. Aug 6 (Interfax) – Azerbaijan and its partners in the Baku-
Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline project are taking every step to neutralize
security threats to the pipeline, press secretary of the Azeri Foreign
Ministry Hazar Ibrahim has said.

"We believe that sides to the pipeline project – Azerbaijan, Georgia
and Turkey – are capable of guaranteeing the security of the oil
pipeline both through joint efforts and separately," he said to
Interfax.

The spokesman added that in the world today nobody can be 100%
guaranteed against all risks.

Ibrahim said Azerbaijan regards Armenia as a threat to the pipeline.

"The threat is real. If Armenia does not stop at an aggression
against a neighboring state, it is difficult to ignore the threat
of that country to regional projects to which Azerbaijan is party,"
Ibrahim said.

"On the other hand Azerbaijan and its partners in the pipeline project
are doing their utmost to minimize such risks," he added.

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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress