The Turkey-Greece-Italy gas pipeline, which will transport Azerbaijan`s natural gas to Europe is not only useful for these countries, but also for whole Europe, said Greek deputy minister of foreign affairs Spyros Kouvelis in an interview to Turkish Anadolu agency.

Kouvelis praised implementation of the project by Azerbaijan, Turkey, Greece and Italy.

The Greek diplomat stressed the European Commission has always backed the project.

Kouvelis stressed the pipeline has never been a rival to Nabucco, adding “the projects are both useful for energy security of Europe”.