IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 611 
Promoting global energy supply security through increased cooperation among 
the United States, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Iraq, and Georgia. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 29, 2012 
Mr. STEARNS (for himself and Mr. BOREN) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Promoting global energy supply security through increased 
cooperation among the United States, Turkey, Azer-
baijan, Kazakhstan, Iraq, and Georgia. 
Whereas Central Asia and the Southern Caucasus are key re-
gions with significant energy resources and economic po-
tential situated between Russia, China, India, the Middle 
East, and Europe; 
Whereas policies aimed at increasing economic interdepend-
ence with a positive impact on peace and stability con-
stitute one of the main priorities of the United States to-
ward the Caucasus and Central Asian states; 
Whereas over the last decade more than one-third of Euro-
pean gas supplies have come from Russia and some Eu-
ropean allies are almost completely dependent on Russian 
gas imports; 
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Whereas the development of the hydrocarbon reserves and 
their transportation to western markets will contribute to 
the economic development of the Caucasus states and the 
Central Asian countries; 
Whereas Turkey’s geographic location, situated between 
major oil and gas reserves with 70 percent of the world’s 
reserves lying to its East, North, and South, and the 
world’s second largest oil and gas market lying to its 
West, enhances its geostrategic value as a global energy 
hub; 
Whereas Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and the United States 
have jointly promoted energy projects in the Caspian re-
gion for almost two decades; 
Whereas the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline, the second 
largest oil pipeline in the world, has connected 
Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey with global 
markets; 
Whereas the East-West Energy Corridor aims to transport 
Caspian and Central Asian energy resources to western 
markets through safe and alternative routes, as well to 
ensure the security and stability of transit countries; 
Whereas the priority now becomes the realization of the 
Southern Corridor; 
Whereas Eurasian energy security will be enhanced by the 
completion of major infrastructure pipeline projects that 
deliver natural gas, such as the Nabucco pipeline, the 
Trans Anatolian pipeline, the Trans Adriatic pipeline, 
and the Interconnector Turkey-Greece-Italy pipeline; 
Whereas the safeguarding of the balance of interests between 
the suppliers, consumers, and transit countries is recog-
nized as the key feature for genuine energy security; 
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Whereas this multinational cooperation will continue to be a 
great asset for preserving regional peace, security, and 
wealth, as well as defending democracy and freedom in 
Eurasia; and 
Whereas the United States and the European Union have es-
tablished an EU–US Energy Council to promote security 
of transit and key energy infrastructures that could im-
prove energy security at a regional and global level: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That— 
(1) the House of Representatives— 
(A) notes that economic and commercial 
projects, especially energy related projects, offer 
an opportunity in promoting integration and de-
velopment in the region; 
(B) commends Turkey, Azerbaijan, Geor-
gia, Iraq, and Kazakhstan for their positive 
contributions to the East-West Energy Corridor 
and energy security in the region; 
(C) supports the efforts of the United 
States Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy, and 
encourages the continued engagement with the 
countries in the region, notably Azerbaijan, 
Turkey, Kazakhstan, Georgia, and Iraq for mu-
tual security and prosperity; and 
(D) encourages the Administration to con-
tinue to engage with the countries in the region 
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and provide political and economic support for 
the projects; and 
(2) it is the sense of the House of Representa-
tives that it is in the national interest of the United 
States to support and enhance Europe’s energy se-
curity by working with the Governments of Turkey, 
Azerbaijan, and Georgia and its partners to make 
available additional gas and oil supplies to that mar-
ket in a cost effective and secure manner. 
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