BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 11. Energy
cooperation between Azerbaijan and Türkiye has further strengthened
and taken on new strategic significance under the leadership of
President Ilham Aliyev and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan,
Azerbaijan’s Energy Minister Parviz Shahbazov said while speaking
at the 5th Azerbaijan-Türkiye Energy Forum in Baku, Trend’s correspondent reports
from the event.
The minister noted that this stage is characterized by efforts
to strengthen national and regional energy security, diversify
energy flows, establish interconnections in line with the
requirements of the new era of electricity, integrate energy
systems and advance a shared vision for the Turkic world.
“The Azerbaijan-Türkiye Energy Forum, through its regular
meetings and the work of its working groups, contributes to
implementing this strategic agenda and continues to make a
sustained contribution to deepening our cooperation in
hydrocarbons, renewable energy, energy efficiency, electricity,
regulation and mining,” Shahbazov said.
According to him, joint efforts during this period have produced
significant results in the energy partnership.
“The commissioning of the Igdir-Nakhchivan gas pipeline, made
possible by the strong political will of our countries; the entry
of Turkish Petroleum into the Shah Deniz project; the agreement to
export part of the gas to be produced during the full-scale
development of the Absheron field to Türkiye; as well as the
transportation of Azerbaijani gas through Türkiye to new European
markets beyond the coverage of the Southern Gas Corridor and to
Syria demonstrate the expanding scale and geography of our energy
partnership,” the minister emphasized.
The 5th Azerbaijan-Türkiye Energy Forum is being held in Baku
with the participation of Azerbaijan’s Energy Minister Parviz
Shahbazov and Türkiye’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
Alparslan Bayraktar.
The forum features discussions on hydrocarbons and
petrochemicals, energy efficiency, the electricity market,
renewable energy, regulation, mining and other areas. The forum
protocol is expected to be signed at the end of the event, followed
by a media briefing.
The Azerbaijan-Türkiye Energy Forum was established under the
framework of the Joint Commission on Economic Cooperation between
the two countries to further strengthen strategic energy
cooperation.
The first forum was held in Baku on Dec. 21–22, 2021; the second
in Istanbul on Oct. 5–6, 2022; the third in Nakhchivan on Sept.
28–29, 2023; and the fourth in Izmir on Sept. 4, 2025.
