Development of a natural gas pipeline network from Azerbaijan is one of the most important aspects of bilateral ties, a European Union report said Wednesday. The European Union published a series of reports Wednesday on the neighborhood policy for Eastern European and Central Asian countries, some of which are former Soviet republics. The report for Azerbaijan said the country’s economy was stable and diverse in part because of growth outside of the energy sector, which nevertheless underpinned bilateral ties . Azerbaijan is rich in natural gas reserves, which the EU sees as a source of diversification for an energy sector dominated in large part by Russia. “The commitment for the implementation of the Southern Gas Corridor continued to be of utmost importance for the EU-Azerbaijan dialogue,” the country report […]