ECONOMY
President Ilham Aliyev: Southern Gas Corridor is a project of energy security
Baku, February 16, AZERTAC
“The Southern Gas Corridor is a project of energy security. While we are talking about national security, of course, today, energy security is one of the most important elements,” said Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev at the 4th Ministerial Meeting of the Southern Gas Corridor (SGC) Advisory Council held in Baku.
President Ilham Aliyev mentioned that the Southern Gas Corridor is one of the key elements of Azerbaijan’s energy strategy, which has been very successful so far and is helping the country to diversify its economy.
“We have invested in non-oil sector, human capital and infrastructure using the energy resources, thus, providing long-term sustainable development of our country. Perhaps, those projects that we have implemented in Azerbaijan in the previous years have created a solid foundation for realization of the Southern Gas Corridor. The Southern Gas Corridor is a project of energy diversification, we see it as diversification of routes and sources. This is a real diversification, since the diversification of only the routes is somewhat different from ours. This is a project of cooperation in the energy sector and shows how a cooperation should be,” the head of state noted.