EU ENVOY: ARMENIA MAY BE ROUTE FOR FUTURE PIPELINE

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20.02.2010 13:45

The normalization of relations between Turkey and Armenia and
the opening of their sealed border are expected to have positive
repercussions in the energy field for both countries, according to the
EU’s special representative for Central Asia, Pierre Morel. Armenia
could also be a route for a future pipeline, he says

There are many options for new Caspian-Turkish energy pipelines due
to the "mobile energy landscape," according to a senior European Union
official who predicts Armenia could be the site of a future network.

"There have been different options. Things have not been fixed up
to now. The greatest idea to say is well, in the future, why not use
Armenia as a way for other pipelines," Pierre Morel, the EU’s special
representative for Central Asia, told the Hurriyet Daily News &
Economic Review.

The normalization of relations between Turkey and Armenia and
the opening of the sealed border are expected to have positive
repercussions in the energy field for both Armenia and Turkey. While
the detente would allow Armenia to become a possible transit route for
energy pipelines shipping oil and gas from the Caspian Sea to Turkey’s
Mediterranean coast, it would also help make Turkey a major energy hub.