The countries of Europe should have realized a long time ago that Azerbaijan plays a strategic role in the West`s gas production, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Matthew Bryza told AZERTAC correspondent.

“We support increase of oil and gas production in Azerbaijan, which is to be enough for Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey and the Europe”, said Mr. Bryza.

Matthew Bryza underlined that US supports all projects in the region linked with construction of the pipelines, including Nabucco project. On importance of cooperation between Azerbaijan and Georgia in the field of energy, US official stressed that despite the fact that Russia transports enough volume of gas to Europe, there is a need to find additional sources. In particular transportation of Azerbaijani gas to Europe is an important task, said Bryza.

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