Political scientist Ilya Zaslavski: “The BTC project will weaken European Union’s dependence on OPEC”

The presentation ceremony brought together head of Russian Presidential Administration department on regional and cultural cooperation with foreign countries Modest Kolerov, Azerbaijani extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador to Russia Ramiz  Rzayev, Georgian ambassador Irakli Chubinishvili, councilor of Kazakh ambassador Marat Alibakirov, councilor of Ukrainian  ambassador Valeri Pavlyuk and other officials.

The author analyses the situation aftermath the exploitation of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline and tries to predict the results of this for Russia in his book. Zaslavski stated that he analyzed   the issues concerning the routes to be selected by Kazakhstan for exporting it oil.

“I tried to find possible scenarios on Kazakhstan’s relations with Russia in its choice variants. The situation appeared in Azerbaijan and Georgia was analyzed in this book. The prediction on oil reserves of the Caspian Sea needs reviewing. According to the international experts, the Caspian Sea contains 3-4% of the oil reserves of the world. The advantage of the Caspian region is its location in very favorable geographical position. This region can weaken the dependence of both  European Union and Asian countries on the OPEC.I think, Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline project will further expand”.

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