As reported by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the TANAP pipeline is an excellent example of collaboration and response to the challenge of conflict environment of energy resources.
Turkish President Erdogan said it in an article published in The Diplomat magazine with the support of the New York Times.
"TANAP is a concrete example of the long-lasting trust and friendship between Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. It constitutes the main leg of the Southern Gas Corridor, which aims to take the Hazar region's natural gas to Europe through Turkey and Georgia. It is the most important piece of a 3,500-kilometer-long corridor," Erdogan said.
In his words, changes implemented for 18 years in Turkey ensured a suitable environment for the transportation of energy resources from the region to Turkey and Europe.
"Thanks to our cooperation with Azerbaijan and Georgia, the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Crude Oil Pipeline was launched and commissioned in 2006. Later, the Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum Natural Gas Pipeline was put into operation in 2007 to transport the natural gas produced at Azerbaijan's Shah Deniz field to Georgia and Turkey… TANAP was built in a short time span of three years, after the laying of its foundation on 17 March 2015, and it began carrying gas to Turkey on 12 June 2018. In addition, the European connection of TANAP was inaugurated with a ceremony held on 30 November 2019," Erdogan remarked.
