Baku, February 14 (AZERTAC). The EU`s Energy Commissioner Gunther Oettinger has welcomed the signing of an agreement that will see construction of a pipeline to transport Azerbaijan`s gas to the European market.

The agreement to build the Trans-Adriatic pipeline TAP, as a possible component of the Southern gas corridor linking the EU to the resource-rich Caspian region, was signed between the governments of Italy, Albania and Greece.

“This project is aimed at linking directly the European Union with the rich gas sources in the Caspian Region,” Oettinger said.