Azerbaijan puts an end to gas ambitions of the West

Oil Resursy08-09-2008 Azerbaijan puts an end to gas ambitions of the West to diversify gas supplies to Europe and to gain power there, no way today has Gazprom, even better - take away his share in European countries. Such are the ambitions of the U.S. gas issues. However, it seems, dreams of Americans once again divided on the wall of reality. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, to refrain from any hasty decisions regarding the project Nabucco. At a meeting with U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, he hinted that an agreement on building a gas pipeline bypassing Russia will not. On Friday, a man "number two" in the White House, which is the main ideologue of the Bush administration completed a swift visit to the three former Soviet republics - Azerbaijan, Georgia and Ukraine. Greatest interest is oil and gas of Azerbaijan since the latter two countries can only apply for subsidies from the U.S. and have little to offer in return. Finally collapsed in an attempt to create for the United States a permanent source of energy in the Middle East, bogged down with the war in Iraq, Cheney tried to enlist the support of Azerbaijan. It was about a trans-Caspian Nabucco gas pipeline bypassing Russia.