The US sanctions will prevent the Azerbaijani-Iranian relations, experts

Baku / 05.11.18 / Turan: The US sanctions against Iran will affect Baku"s cooperation with Tehran, member of the Milli Majlis"s Foreign Relations Committee, political scientist Rasim Musabekov, commenting on the effects of sanctions on Azerbaijan to Turan.

Iran wanted to participate in the joint development of one of the fields in the Caspian under BP"s operations. However, now such a perspective remains uncertain and how long it will last is unclear.

In addition, the United States to disconnect from the system of interbank financial channels SWIFT those countries that will continue to cooperate with Iran despite sanctions. This means a ban on conducting banking operations with Iran at the state level.

As for the North-South transport corridor, then the project implementation may be significantly delayed. All this means that the sanctions will indirectly affect Azerbaijan, the deputy said.

Economist Natig Jafarli also believes that the sanctions will affect Azerbaijan, as they will affect the implementation of the North-South corridor.

"However, in the last two days the agenda has not raised the issue of the complete ousting of Iranian oil from the market. Eight countries can buy oil from Iran," said the expert.

He noted that if the sanctions affect Iranian companies involved in the construction of the North-South transport corridor, this of course will adversely affect the implementation of the project. "Iran and Russia need this corridor more, and both have problems with America. Therefore, the project may be to reach a working condition," he believes.

At the same time, the project of the Southern Gas Corridor, in view of its need for necessity for the West, does not fall under sanctions, although the state-owned oil company of Iran is involved in the development of the Shah Deniz field. -06D--