The Southern Gas Corridor will be a strategic energy avenue for 21st century, Jose Manuel Barroso

Baku, September 22 (AzerTAc). “The Southern Gas Corridor is more than a pipeline. It will be a strategic energy avenue for the 21st century, a true geostrategic project,” Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission said in his video message at the groundbreakingceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the Contract of the Century and the Southern Gas Corridor. Barroso added Azerbaijan makes an important contribution to Europe’s oil imports today. “At the same time, we are celebrating the progress made regarding the Southern Gas Corridor,” he noted. He added that the corridor, once completed, would stretch over 2,000 kilometers along the Caucasus and across Turkey - through Greece and Albania - and across the Adriatic, to connect the Caspian with the heart of EU”.