Baku / 21.02.19 / Turan: Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Diplomacy Sandra Oudkirk arrived in Baku on February 20 to participate in the ministerial meeting of the Advisory Council on the Southern Gas Corridor and to meet with officials of the Azerbaijani government.
Oudkirk called the meeting in Baku important for the completion of the Southern Gas Corridor project. She expects that the first gas from this important project will go to Italy and Greece by 2020.
The United States believes this project can bring greater economic integration into the Caspian region, and also play a decisive role in Europe"s efforts to diversify energy supplies.
While in Baku, Oudkirk was received by President Ilham Aliyev, Vice-President of SOCAR Elshad Nasirov and Energy Minister Parviz Shahbazov. -02D-
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