“This will be possible only after launch of gas pipelines. Currently, Czech is exporting oil from Azerbaijan. This is very important for us. 31.5% of oil in 2014 was impored from Azerbaijan. Today, 2/3 of oil import by Czech Republic falls to share of Russia. We don’t want to depend on one oil source. We are interested in long-term gas export from Azerbaijan”, Mládek said.
The minister said that TANAP construction and export of Azerbaijani gas via this route is very important: “TANAP is real project in the circumstance that Nabucco and South Stream fail, Turkish Stream is long-term project”.
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