To him, realization of the mentioned project is very important for diversification of transportation routes of energy resources: ‘It is not excluded that, in future, Turkmen and Northern Iraqi gas will be transported via this pipe, too’.
Hochstein reminded that Shah Deniz consortium would soon make a choice between TAP and Nabucco West pipelines: ‘The US is satisfied with the selection of any one of these projects. Because of the diversification of routes of energy resources is one of our main goals’.