By BAKU. Dec 19 (Interfax-Ukraine) – European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has described the Black Sea electric cable project to bring Azerbaijani electricity to Europe as ambitious.
"I can only say: What an ambitious project [Black Sea electric cable]. It would connect us on both sides of the Black Sea and run further towards the Caspian Sea region – both for digital communication and for energy," von der Leyen said at a ceremony in Bucharest where the governments of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Romania and Hungary signed an agreement on the strategic partnership in the development and transmission of green energy. The European Commission published a transcript of her speech.
The agreement will enable the European Union to "reinforce… security of supply by bringing electricity from renewable sources to the European Union, via Romania and through Hungary," she said.
In her opinion, the agreement will connect the EU to partners in the South Caucasus and "will help both regions achieve the clean energy transition."
