ECONOMY
President Ilham Aliyev: TANAP is the project of the 21st century
Baku, April 15 (AZERTAC). “The work in the oil-gas sector is going on successfully. The industry attracts growing investment both from domestic sources and foreign partners. The new platforms we build, the wells we dig raise our energy potential,” President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has told a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers.
“The process of gasification also goes on successfully, and I am confident that we will achieve the desired figure shortly. Implementation of TANAP project has already begun. TANAP is the project of the 21st century. Shahdeniz-2, TANAP and TAP are the largest infrastructure projects in Europe. The tenders have already been announced. We will start the construction soon. The project was launched at the end of last year. Preparations have already started. Azerbaijan demonstrates leadership in the implementation of this project,” said the Head of State.
President Ilham Aliyev noted: “If our policy, our energy policy were not courageous, this project could have never been realized. Azerbaijan is the initiator of these projects. Our country has taken all the financial and technical risks. We will certainly succeed in this project as we have succeeded in all the energy projects we initiated. The Baku-Supsa, Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan, Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum oil-gas projects have already become the reality.”