Turkish, Azerbaijani gas supply to Syria will support development, regional security: President Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that gas supplies to Syria launched through a joint Turkish-Azerbaijani initiative will support the country’s development and regional security.
“The contribution of gas supplies to Syria, which began last August as a result of the Türkiye-Azerbaijan joint initiative, to this country’s development and regional security is indisputable,” Erdogan said in a message at the opening of Baku Energy Week.
Erdogan said recent regional developments once again demonstrated the importance of energy steps taken with Azerbaijan, and that the two countries have continued to realise many mega-projects once considered impossible for the region.
He cited the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan, Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum and Trans-Anatolian natural gas pipeline projects, which were launched with Azerbaijan and completed with Georgia’s contribution.
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Cooperation between Türkiye and Azerbaijan deepened further through the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli and Shah Deniz partnerships, while the new partnership in Shafag-Asiman shows that bilateral energy cooperation continues without slowing down, he added.
Erdogan said the Igdir-Nakhchivan gas pipeline, which entered service last year, strengthened the energy supply security of Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan region.
