Turkey is not intended to tax transportation of Azerbaijan gas to Nakhchyvan

A treaty between Azerbaijan and Turkey on gas transportations to the Autonomous Republic of Nakhchyvan (ARN) via Turkey was signed on Saturday. The treaty was signed during a visit by Turkish Minister of Natural Resources and Energy Taner Yildiz to Nakhchyvan, reports Trend, referring to Turkish news agency CIHAN. On the Turkish side, the treaty was signed by executive director of BOTAS, Fazil Senel, and from the Azerbaijan side by the president of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR), Rovnag Abdullaev. The treaty provides for transportation of 500 million cubic meters of gas via Turkey to ARN free of charge. The Turkish Minister said that a 180-200 km long pipeline between Igdir and Nakhchyvan will be built, which will be discussed separately between BOTAS and SOCAR. In the framework of the treaty, Azerbaijan intends to increase gas deliveries to Turkey from the Shakh-Deniz oil field by 500 million cubic metres every year. The deliveries will be provided by the Igdir-Nakhchyvan pipeline.