During his visit to Turkey, Vice President of the European Commission Šefcovic attended to the ground-breaking ceremony of the Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP), which sets up the Southern Gas Corridor with South Caucasian Pipeline (SCP) and Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP). As it is known, the Southern Gas Corridor envisages the delivery of gas from Azerbaijan’s Shah Deniz II field to Europe via Turkey, Greece and Italy. TANAP with its 1850 km route TANAP will be transporting 16 billion cubic meters of gas to Turkey and Europe by the end of 2019. During the ceremony, Vice President of the European Commission Šefcovic underlined the importance attributed to TANAP and role of Turkey as a reliable energy partner of the EU.