Turkey's efforts to normalize relations with Armenia will not harm planned energy projects with Azerbaijan, including the Nabucco gas pipeline, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said on Tuesday.

"Energy will play the role of catalyst in bringing relations between Azerbaijan, Armenia and Turkey to a more positive level," said Yildiz, who took over the government's energy portfolio after a cabinet reshuffle at the weekend. "There's no plan to delay the projects with Azerbaijan because of the Armenian normalization talks," he said, Hurriyet Daily News reported.