Nargiz Gurbanova: Azerbaijan Considering Bulgaria's Proposals on Balkan Gas Hub

Novinite has interviewed Azerbaijan's Ambassador to Bulgaria, H.E. Nargiz Gurbanova, on the occasion of two key events in bilateral relations. The first was the inauguration of the Trapezitsa Achitectural Museum Reserve, restored with the support of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, while the second, a week later, was the meeting of an intergovernmental commission in Baku where cooperation in energy and other sectors was on the agenda.

Ms Gurbanova presented her credentials to Bulgaria's President Rosen Plevneliev on February 24, 2016. Her previous experience includes various positions at the Department for Economic Cooperation and Development at the Foreign Ministry intermittently from 2001 and 2010. Within that period, she was also posted to the Embassy of Azerbaijan to Austria (2004-2007), and afterwards the country's diplomatic service in the US, where she served as Counselor, Chargé d'Affaires and Deputy Chief of Mission (2010-2013).  

Before being appointed as the Ambassador to Bulgaria, she served as Director of the Department for Economic Cooperation and Development at the ministry.

She holds a Ph.D degree in Political Science from the University of Vienna, Austria (2009) and speaks Azerbaijani, English, French (intermediate) and Russian.

Your Excellency, Bulgaria and Azerbaijan have agreed on early supplies of gas starting in 2020. Is there any agreement on the route that will be used?
 
Over the last years our countries have been closely cooperating in the context of the development of the Southern Gas Corridor (SGC). SGC is one of the most complex gas value chains ever developed in the world aimed at strengthening the EU's energy security by...