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Azerbaijan offers sure destination point and country of reliable supply as EU goes shopping for alternative sources of energy supplies around the world
Map of the Republic of Azerbaijan
President Ilham Aliyev of the Republic of Azerbaijan...May not be competing with Russia, but can his country deliver EU from the Russian Monopoly?
Natig Aliyev, Azerbaijan's Energy Minister...A strategist in Government.
For years, Europe has been experiencing energy crises due to Russia's inconsiderate demand to own and control pipelines in the EU territory, which was counteracted with the Union's Third Energy Package. Lawsuits were filed with the World Trade Organization which further fuelled the deteriorating oil and gas security in Europe. Taxpayers' monies have been put into new interconnectors as a contingency plan in case, Russia ever cuts off their supplies, which is quite possible given the history between the two regions.