Georgia can be a transit route for Iranian gas to Europe

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has said that Georgia can be a transit route for Iran’s natural gas export to Europe. “Georgia can act as one of the routes for exporting Iran’s gas to Europe, while the North-South corridor and the Islamic Republic of Iran’s railway can link Georgian ports to the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman,” Rouhani said in a meeting with Georgian parliament speaker Davit Usupashvili in Tehran.

Rouhani said energy is a sector in which the two countries can cooperate. Iran’s president also emphasized cooperation between the two countries in regional issues, and said that cooperation is the only way to establish stability and security in the region. Usupashvili, for his part, voiced his country’s willingness to develop and deepen mutual cooperation with Iran in different fields, and said that the economy and energy ministries of Tehran and Tbilisi have good cooperation now.

Usupashvili said Iran has close ties with regional countries and can play a positive role in establishing peace and stability in the South Caucasus region.