There is no competition between Baku and Moscow in delivering gas to Europe, visiting Washington Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said in an interview with a correspondent of the Information Telegraph Agency of Russia, ITAR-TASS, following his speech at the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute of the Johns Hopkins University.

Elmar Mammadyarov said “we are not competitors for Gazprom in principle”.

“Gazprom plans to export 170-190 billion cubic meters of gas per year, and what we have is 8-16 billion cubic meters. These figures cannot be compared. How can we compete with Gazprom?» the Azerbaijani Minister continued.

Mr. Mammadyarov said this issue should not be given a political shade, as “this is just a commercial issue”.

On the Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum gas pipeline project, the Minister said it is about to be soon realized.