“South Gas Corridor along with its significant contribution to Azerbaijani economy, also paved a way for its to strengthen its independence, for strengthening as a regional actor,” Energy Policy Specialist, Deputy General Manager of the Turkish National Oil Company (TPAO), “Baku-Ceyhan. Necdet Pamir, author of The Endless Game in Central Asia and the Caucasus told APA’s Turkey bureau.
N. Pamir noted that Turkey as an importer and transit country plays a very strategic role in these projects: “Moreover, these projects ensure that Turkey and Azerbaijan, which are “one nation, two states”, to be more interconnected.”