EU: ARMENIA’S INVOLVEMENT IN THE NABUCCO PROJECT IS NOT UNDER CONSIDERATION

APA
Sept 15 2009
Azerbaijan

Baku. Rashad Suleymanov – APA-ECONOMICS. SOCAR’s President Rovnag
Abdullayev has hosted the EU Commissioner for Energy Andris Piebalgs
in Baku.

Rovnag Abdullayev said at a joint briefing that the parties discussed
the issues of transportation of Caspian energy resources to Europe,
including the Nabucco project.

According to him, all project-related political issues have been
resolved and commercial aspects are being discussed at present.

Andris Piebalgs underscored the importance of projects for taking
Caspian energy resources to Europe.

According to him, the EU has spent 1.5 billion euros on the development
of these projects.

She denied some media reports that Armenia might join the Nabucco
project, saying the involvement of Armenia is not under discussion.