BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 30. Romania has proposed
reviving the Azerbaijan-Georgia-Romania Interconnector (AGRI)
project to facilitate future deliveries of Turkmen natural gas to
Europe.


The proposal was made during a meeting between President of the
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania Mihai Daraban and
Turkmenistan's Ambassador to Romania Annamammet Annayev, according
to a press release published by the Romanian Chamber of Commerce
and Industry (CCIR).


According to the chamber, the two sides discussed expanding
bilateral economic cooperation, with particular emphasis on the
energy sector and port-to-port cooperation between the ports of
Constanța and Turkmenbashi.


Daraban also reiterated his proposal to resume the AGRI project,
which could provide European markets with access to natural gas
from the Caspian region, starting with Turkmenistan.


"The Port of Constanța can become the entry point for natural
gas from Turkmenistan to Europe by connecting to the transport
infrastructure in Azerbaijan and Georgia and, subsequently, to the
BRUA pipeline," Daraban said.


During the meeting, Ambassador Annayev presented Turkmenistan's
economic potential, highlighting GDP growth of 6.3% in the first
half of 2026 and the country's position as the world's
fourth-largest holder of proven natural gas reserves, CCIR
noted.







"Port-to-port cooperation between Turkmenbashi and Constanța,
together with the project to establish a regional distribution
centre for Turkmen products at the Port of Constanța, can become a
strategic pillar of the economic relationship between the two
countries," Annayev said.


Meanwhile, the Azerbaijan-Georgia-Romania Interconnector (AGRI)
is a long-discussed project designed to transport Caspian natural
gas to Europe by pipeline to Georgia's Black Sea coast, where it
would be liquefied, shipped by tanker to Romania's Port of
Constanța, regasified, and then delivered to European consumers.
One of the key downstream links for distributing these volumes is
the BRUA gas corridor (Bulgaria-Romania-Hungary-Austria), which
connects Romania's transmission system with Central European
markets and was developed specifically to diversify Europe's gas
supply sources and strengthen regional energy security.


Against this backdrop, Turkmenistan has in recent months renewed
its efforts to advance exports of natural gas to Europe. Speaking
at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum in April, Foreign Minister Rashid
Meredov said one of Ashgabat's key energy priorities is supplying
natural gas to European markets. "15-20 years ago we had very good
cooperation with our European colleagues, and we did a lot to
practically implement a number of ideas for delivering Turkmen
natural gas to Europe," he said.


In parallel, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Türkmen
Dünýäsi", Batyr Muradov, told Trend that Turkmenistan is considering the
possibility of exporting natural gas to Europe via Azerbaijan.