The Energy Ministry has stated that the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), as another energy link connecting Azerbaijan with Europe, will strengthen Azerbaijan's strategic role in energy security, cooperation and sustainable development.

Azerbaijan is key to Europe's energy security, said Art McHaffie, a former senior Amoco executive and now an honorary consul for Azerbaijan, chron.com reported.

Turkey and Ukraine have considered participation of the latter in the implementation of the Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Project, a core pipe forming the Southern Gas Corridor.

The Southern Gas Corridor, the project aimed at improving the security and diversity of the EU’s energy supply may involve new routes.

Azerbaijan has become the first among the CIS countries in the Global Energy Architecture Performance Index Report 2016.

The EU is concerned about energy security, and Azerbaijan might have a key role in the diversification of the resources and the routes, Levente Kozma, the former Hungarian senior foreign policy adviser (2003-2010), told Trend July 29.

The phrase "energy security" has recently become just as significant as political, military or any other traditional challenges that countries are facing. The main role in the energy security of Europe is attached to such suppliers and transit countries as Azerbaijan and Turkey.

The Munich Security Conference this year was very different as it was aimed to find solutions to pressing conflicts.

Azerbaijani gas will be the first alternative source for the European Union is due to reach European countries in 2019. Greece will be the starting point in the European direction transportation route. Gas will be transported through the Trans Adriatic Pipeline in the amount of ten billion cubic meters with the possibility of the further expansion.

Georgia can make a significant contribution to Europe's energy security in partnership with Azerbaijan and Turkey.