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Vagif Aliyev, head of SOCAR’s investment department and chairman of the board of directors of Turkey’s petrochemical giant Petkim, made the remarks to Hurriyet newspaper.<\/p>\nThe State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) is interested in purchasing gas distribution networks in Turkey.<\/p>\n
Vagif Aliyev, head of SOCAR’s investment department and chairman of the board of directors of Turkey’s petrochemical giant Petkim, made the remarks to Hurriyet newspaper.<\/p>\n
He said SOCAR-Turcas was turning into a very strong energy holding: \u201cWe have very many projects, why not cooperate in the gas distribution sphere? I admit that today we are interested in such networks in Turkey as Bashkent Gaz and IGDAS (Istanbul’s gas distribution network).<\/p>\n
SOCAR is already involved in modernizing the gas distribution network in the Georgian town of Poti and has stated its interest in bidding for Georgia’s gas network as a whole, should it be privatized.<\/p>\n
Vagif Aliyev told Hurriyet that investments in Turkey were among SOCAR’s largest investments abroad.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have made huge investments in the Petkim petrochemical complex and we do not want to stop at this, we have many plans. If a tender is declared for the purchase of the IGDAS gas distribution network, we want to take part in it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Vagif Aliyev dismissed as false comments in a US diplomatic cable published by WikiLeaks that Azerbaijan had sold gas to Russia to prevent Turkey becoming a gas distribution hub.<\/p>\n
\u201cAzerbaijan has never said it does not want to see Turkey as an energy centre. Can a brother say this against his brother? We have always been happy about Turkey\u2019s success and viewed it as our own,\u201d Aliyev said.<\/p>\n
“As for our relations with Turkey, we have never concealed that Azerbaijan wants to sell its gas with a higher profit. Yes, we are brothers, but brotherhood and trade are different things. And we were glad to find a mutually acceptable solution,\u201d Aliyev said.<\/p>\n
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