European Union`s commissioner for energy has praised Azerbaijan`s role in ensuring Europe`s energy security.
Gunther Oettinger met Azerbaijan`s foreign minister Elmar Mammadyarov in Baku.
"Azerbaijan plays an important role in ensuring European Union`s energy security," he told Mammadyarov.
Oettinger stressed the importance of developing the energy cooperation between the country and the organization.
The Azeri FM said his country attached a particular emphasis to diversifying energy export routes.
Mammadyarov stressed the importance of the deal signed between Azerbaijan and EU during European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso`s visit to Baku early this year.
The two discussed regional energy projects.

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