The European Union wants to increase the capacity of TANAP Azerbaijani gas pipeline to Europe to 20 billion cubic meters in connection with a stop of South Stream project implementation, RIA Novosti news agency said.

The relevant agreement was reached last week by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Turkey Taner Yildiz and the new EU Energy Commissioner Marosh Shefchovich, according to the Spiegel magazine.