Lithuania offers Azerbaijan gas cooperation

Azerbaijan, Baku, April 2 / Trend A. Akhundov / Lithuania offers Azerbaijan energy sector cooperation by ensuring swap gas supplies, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Azubalis said during the second meeting of the Azerbaijani-Lithuanian intergovernmental commission on bilateral cooperation in Baku today. Ažubalis said Lithuania will commission a natural gas liquefaction terminal with a total capacity of about 3 billion cubic meters in 2014. "Cooperation with Azerbaijan is also possible through this terminal," the minister, who is a co-chairman of the intergovernmental commission from the Lithuanian side, said. Ažubalis stated that Azerbaijan is an active participant in the process of ensuring the energy security of Europe. "Azerbaijan is seeking to diversify its energy supply routes," Minister of Taxes Fazil Mammadov, a co-chairman of the intergovernmental commission from the Azerbaijani side, said. "In this regard, it is ready to actively cooperate with Lithuania."