POLITICS
EU, US reaffirm importance of Southern Gas Corridor
Washington, April 3 (AZERTAC). The European Union (EU) and the United States have reaffirmed the importance of the Southern Gas Corridor at the fifth EU-US Energy Council in Brussels, chaired by EU High Representative/Vice President Catherine Ashton, EU Commissioner for Energy Gunther Oettinger, US Secretary of State John Kerry, and US Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman.
The Energy Council focused on energy security concerns. The Council reaffirmed the importance of the Southern Gas Corridor to bring gas to Europe, urged for timely construction of a dedicated, scalable pipeline which keeps the options open for additional supplies, and agreed to explore investments to strengthen gas supplies to Central and Southeast Europe.