Energy transfer network from Iran to Asia is a necessity
The Head of the Asia-Europe Energy Association told that establishing an energy transfer network in Iran for
distributing energy among Asian countries is a necessity. Sergei Bertier added that Europe gets 80 % of its needed
energy from nuclear plants with Russia and Norway being major suppliers of gas to European nations.
"Therefore, Asia could be a good market for the Iranian gas," he said.
The expert stated that shortage of oil and gas was not a major problem per se, but distribution of energy to
countries lacking energy resources was a problem.
"Establishment of a gas pipeline from Iran to Pakistan is an important measure, because it could be extended as far
as China," he said. Bertier stated that political cooperation at various levels was requisite for boosting regional
cooperation, especially with regard to energy due to high sensitivity of oil and gas trade.
He mentioned stable geopolitical order to build mutual confidence and attaining technology needed to transfer and
distribute energy as major tools for globalisation.
"Many goods we are using now were lacking in the past and may be useless in future because scientific advances will
find good replacements for them. Therefore, the most important factor is to make up for the existing time lag in some
countries, which bars their march toward globalisation," he said.
