Benjamin Ben Eliezer in the news:
The Minister addressed a Conference on Transit: Global Energy and Political Trend, saying he believes possibility of a mutually-related infrastructure of gas and oil pipelines, starting from Azerbaijan and running through Georgia and Turkey, the Mediterranean Sea and ending in Israel.Today Az(Azerbaijan) 02.Nov.06
"Israel is not only ready for big purchases of energy resources, but also offers its territory as a transit of Caspian oil to the Asian markets. Israel could act as a bridge for the oil delivery to China, India and Japanese markets. This project would avoid extra expenses of oil deliveries around Africa.
