05.03.2025 17:20
The opening ceremony of the Iğdır-Nakhchivan Natural Gas Pipeline, which was jointly inaugurated by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan, was held. The pipeline will meet the natural gas needs of Nakhchivan, which has a population of 500,000. In his significant remarks during the ceremony, President Erdoğan stated, "We are in harmony with Azerbaijan on strategic projects."
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The opening ceremony of the Iğdır-Nakhchivan Natural Gas Pipeline, which was jointly inaugurated by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, was held.
ALIYEV: A SIGNIFICANT DAY IN THE HISTORY OF TURKEY-AZERBAIJAN FRIENDSHIP
Speaking first at the ceremony, Azerbaijani President Aliyev stated: "Today is a significant day in the history of Turkey-Azerbaijan friendship. We laid the foundation of the gas pipeline together with the President in Nakhchivan 1.5 years ago. Today, we are at a special ceremony. They wanted to occupy Nakhchivan in the First Karabakh War. All the people of Nakhchivan mobilized and prevented the invaders. Today, Turkey and Azerbaijan, two brother countries, are realizing major projects."
“WE ARE RECORDING IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS IN OUR BROTHERHOOD PRINCIPLES”
Following Aliyev, President Erdoğan expressed the following: "We are recording important developments in our brotherhood principles embodied in the motto 'One Nation, Two States.' The energy sector, crowned with many projects, is at the forefront of these. We are happy to bring Azerbaijani gas to Europe through TANAP. Today, we are pleased to add a new project to this cooperation."
WILL MEET THE NATURAL GAS NEEDS OF NAHKCHIVAN WITH A POPULATION OF 500,000
The pipeline, which has an annual capacity of 500 million cubic meters of gas, will meet the natural gas needs of Nakhchivan, which has a population of 500,000, when completed. The foundation of the Iğdır-Nakhchivan Natural Gas Pipeline, which has a length of 85 kilometers in Turkey, was laid by President Erdoğan and Aliyev on September 25, 2023. Thus, the energy supply security of Nakhchivan, referred to as the "Turkish Gate," will be ensured by Turkey.
WILL STRENGTHEN THE ENERGY COOPERATION BETWEEN TURKEY AND AZERBAIJAN
Azerbaijan signed a goodwill agreement with Turkey in December 2020 for the construction of the Iğdır-Azerbaijan Natural Gas Pipeline to ensure the gas supply security of Nakhchivan. As part of the project, a new 85-kilometer pipeline was constructed to Nakhchivan, continuing from the Iğdır Natural Gas Pipeline, which exits through the Eastern Anatolia Natural Gas Main Transmission Line. The project will be the third natural gas pipeline that Turkey and Azerbaijan will jointly build after strategic investments such as the Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum natural gas pipeline and the Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline Project (TANAP).
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