Georgian, Azerbaijani, Romanian, and Hungarian officials have gathered in the Georgian capital  Tbilisi to discuss various stages of the implementation of the Black Sea submarine electricity cable project, a new transmission route to deliver green energy from Azerbaijan to Europe.

Georgian Economy Minister Levan Davitashvili delivered the preliminary findings of the project’s feasibility study and reviewed the next steps in its execution. He noted that preliminary technical surveys on the Black Sea Submarine Cable Project showed that it would be successfully implemented.

State Secretary in the Romanian Ministry of Energy, George Niculescu, believes “this project represents an opportunity for the countries located in the Caspian Sea, as well as for the country located in Europe to be better interconnected in exchanging shares of renewable energy through this cable.”

Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Peter Siarto says “We are looking for diversification, we are looking for green solutions as well, as environmentally friendly solutions, therefore, this project is of crucial importance for us because, in a long term, it can ensure the security of a supply of electricity to Hungary.”

EU Ambassador to Georgia, Pavel Herczynski, pledges that “as European Union, we are firmly behind this project, we want this project to have a regional dimension and we sincerely hope that in several years, South Caucasus will become a very important source of energy to the EU.”