Posted by meb at May 15th, 2008

Azeribaijani Minister of Industry and Energy Natig Aliyev said Azerbaijan, Turkey, Greece and Italy will sign an agreement at the end of May allowing the transportation of Azeri natural gas to the European market through Turkish territory, the Azeri Trend Capital magazine reported yesterday.

Aliyev was speaking at a meeting with Robert Lombardi, head of the EGL Group — a well-known Swiss energy and construction conglomerate that is also working with StatoilHydro on a trans-Adriatic pipeline project to carry natural gas from Greece via Albania to Italy. The European Union is planning to form an inter-governmental coordination council on inter-governmental coordination council on gas pipeline issues to step up the level of cooperation between project member countries. Aliyev stated that Azeri representation on the council would be a significant step toward securing his country’s energy interests.
source: Today’s Zaman