newsitems Georgian President Saakashvili to EuroFora: AGRI Gas Ship Transport faster than Nabucco.
Georgian President Saakashvili to EuroFora: AGRI Gas Ship Transport faster than Nabucco.
A Direct Energy Transport road from the Caspian Sea right to EU's Franco-German+ industrial core, thanks to the new AGRI project, between Energy producer Azerbaidjan, Georgia and EU Member Romania, is currently advancing well, and is expected to develop faster than an old and controversial Turkish pipeline project, (too long, too risky and without enough gas), replied Georgia's President. Mikheil Saakashvili to "EuroFora".
- "We are interested for Democracy, Peace and Stability in Georgia, because we want to make Investments in that area", observed inter alia Buzek.
"EuroFora" asked Saakashvili how things are evolving on the new Azerbaidjan - Georgia - Romania project, the "AGRI, natural liquefied Gas transport plan by Ship", (thanks to High-Tech compression inside Containers), from the Caspian through the Black Sea to EU Member Romania, right at the Danube - Rhine Rivers link, able to bring Caspian Energy directly to EU's Industrial core
- "Now you have the project", "EuroFora" reminded to the President of Georgia one of our earlier encounters at the CoE in Strasbourg, where he had initially told us, carefully, that "this was a good idea, but I prefer to examine real projects"...
- "Yes, of course", I "remember", Georgia's President confirmed now, saluting "EuroFora".
- "It goes, so far, very well", Saakashvili estimated.
- "Actually, I mean, it's very sound Technically", he observed, evoking the New High-Tech solutions of gas liquification and/or compression.
- Moreover, "all the sides agree, not only Romania and the Azeris, but now, Bulgaria is also very interested, etc", he anounced.
- "And the Hungarian, forthcoming EU Chairmanship, shouldn't it be particularly interested, because of the Danube/Rhine River potential ?", "EuroFora" suggested.
- "Hungarians were of course there, with (new Prime Minister) Victor Urban. We had discussions, and he is coming back to the region", Saakashvili revealed.
- "So, (the AGRI project) it's on the move, and it will happen Faster than, I think, anything else", he concluded.
- "Technically, it stands the route, and, I think, it will bypass Nabucco" : I.e., it will be ready "before" the controversial Turkish old plan for a too Expensive, too Long (zig-zaging far away from Europe), and too Risky (facing Dangers of Earthquakes, Violent Confkicts, Political Blackmails frequent by the Turkish Government, etc), as well as probably useless, (given the existence of better Alternatives), Gas Pipeline, which is moreover threatened to stay practically .. Empty, without enough available gas to fill it up...
Meanwhile, previously scheduled Investments for Nabucco were recently "postponed", on October 2010, for the Next Year (2011) according to specialized Media reports.
The mention of "Technical" points made by S in his reply to E, probably refers to current New Technology innovations which might result into an even Cheaper price, f.ex. thanks to a "Compression" technique, supposed to be even better than Liquefied Gas, according to other sources.
Meanwhile, even the President of gas-producer Azeribaidjan, Aliyev himself, recently stressed that his country is "in favour of Diversifying energy resources' transport Routes", as he reportedly said in relation to "European state's interest"
The AGRI project was recently described at the CoE in Strasbourg by the experienced Azeri EU affairs' Minister Guliev, earlier in Strasbourg (See relevant "EuroFora"s publication).
The new Direction for International relations at "Gaz de France" has also recently told "EuroFora" that they found the Black Sea - Danube/Rhine rivers NLGas Ship Transport idea as very interesting.
New EU Commissioner on Energy, German Gunter Oettering, has already expressed to "EuroFora" his intention to explore EU's new possibilities for Energy Transport through the Danube/Rhine rivers and Black Sear link, etc., both in 2009 (at Bonn's EPP Summit) and in 2010 (in Strasbourg), and he is currently preparing EU's Energy Strategy, due to be presented, debated and voted at the 1st half of 2011, i.e. under Hungarian EU Council chairmanship.
If, (as it was initially scheduled, and several times underlined in Statements given to "EuroFora"s co-founder by Romanian President Trajian Basescu), this schema leads into organiing Danube/Rhine River transport links for Natural Liquefied Gas, then, it would obviously open new ways for all Countries in the region to benefit together, including Russia, who is also Member of the Danube Navigation control body, headquared in Budapest, (while Rhine Navigation's watchdog is located in Strasbourg).
Indeed, Russia, as well as other countries, could f.ex. use the Romanian Sea/River port at Danube's Delta, and/or open a new access through Ukraine's part on Danube's delta, if really needed.
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*Paris/ACM/12 October 2008/-
When Europeans really feel a vital need to urgently launch common replies to challenging World Crisis, as the present Financial turmoil of Global Markets, they forge new decision-making tools and new dynamics :
The 1st in History EuroZone Heads of State and Government Summit, organized in Paris at the invitation of French President, and current EU chair, Nicolas Sarkozy, with the participation of 15 national leaders and EU institutions' chairmen, partly enlarged to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, after a highly symbolic duo with German Chancelor Angie Merkel, at General De Gaulle's birth-village, 50 Years after he welcomed there former German chancellor Adenauer (1958-2008), may have not one, but two results :
- The first, and more urgent, was to launch an "ambitious", "coherent", and "efficient" common European movement, able to stimulate "solutions" to the World Economic Crisis, as Sarkozy anounced from the outset : State Garantees (to new Bank debts up to 5 years), fresh Capital input (f.ex. by buying shares), support to distressed banks, (while also restructuring them), incite the European Central Bank to facilitate commerial bills europe-wide, etc.
"Acting swiftly", from tomorrow, national measures will quantify all these targets, with coordinated actions from all EuroZone's Governments : France, Germany, Italy and others, decided to anounce, at the same time, such concrete measures, according to agreements that we have already made all together, revealed Sarkozy at the final Press Conference, flanked by EuroZone's chairmen : EuroGroup's Jean-Claude Juncker, and Central European Bank's Jean-Claude Truchet, as well as EU Commission's Jose Baroso, to solemnly stress the will to find common European solutions.
- "United and Determined, all EuroZone's Countries will act to prove that Citizens can Trust" the Economy, Sarkozy concluded. If we attract also all EU's 27 countries, Wednesday in Brussels, then we can coordinate action with our American Friends at a Global level, he anounced.
- "With this new Toolbox, we do not want to serve Bankers, but to work for Europe and its Citizens' interests", added Juncker.
- "For the moment, we want to act urgently to regulate the Crisis. But the time will come when those responsible for this, will have to account for their actions. Yes to real Capitalism, No to Speculators. Those who abused, will face sanctions, Sarkozy warned.
Need stimulates activities which create new organs, say biologists, and Gordon Brown, compatriot of Spencer, the famous bio-Historian, would certainly not deny that, after his surprise visit to EuroZone's Summit in Paris, which attracted him one hour more than scheduled...
Decisions include also the creation of a Crisis-management European mechanism, which "requires constant Monitoring", as well as strengthening Economic policy cooperation between EuroZone's countries.
Sarkozy will be judged by History not just by the immediate Economic results, expected at the end of this week's decision-making proces at National and EU level, but also by the more far-reaching consequences at the aftermath of this Historic EuroZone 1st Summit : Will it succeed to become a precursor forging a New era in European institution's revitalization ?
Significantly, the French President sat, during discussions, between German Chancelor Merkel, and British Prime Minister Brown, facing the chairmen of EuroGroup, Juncker, ECB : Truchet, and EU Commission, Baroso, with Prime Ministers of Spain, Zapatero (a hot partisan of EuroZone's Summit) at his right side, and Italy's Berlusconi, at his left, surrounded by Austrian, Belgian, Cyprus', Finland's, Greece's, and Ireland's leaders, as well as Slovakia's, Slovenia's, Portugal's, Netherlands', Malta's and Luxembourg's leaders.
Meanwhile, those who tabled for a rift between French and German positions were faced with a smiling Merkel at De Gaulle-Adenauer's meeting place, a sunny Saturday morning, and a particularly active-looking Merkel inside the French Presidential Palace at Elysee's gardens on Sunday, (as happy few photographers discovered)..
- "De Gaulle's hilltop, at Colombey-les-2-Eglises, gave an astonishing overview to a huge landscape, entirely surrounded by splendid Nature, as far as eyes could see", said to EuroFora an obviously charmed German Journalist.
She was describing Saturday's inauguration of a High-Tech Memorial close to the Historic Giant Double Lorraine's Cross, built by famous Novelist Andre Malraux, to perpetuate the Memory of his famous call for "Resistance" to NAZI, and his vision for the creation of New Institutions and Franco-German reconciliation, to foster Europe's role in the World, also for the Future.
Children playing at Elysee's gardens before the Historic 1st EuroZone's Summit : What Europe's Future will look like ?