The Electric Power Council of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)

General Information:

Cooperation in the electric power sector within the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) was established by the Agreement on the Coordination of Interstate Relations in the Electric Power Sector of the Commonwealth of Independent States, signed on 14 February 1992. Pursuant to the Agreement, the Electric Power Council was established and its Charter approved with the aim of expanding cooperation among the CIS Member States in the electric power sector and coordinating their joint activities.

Cooperation with Azerbaijan

· The Republic of Azerbaijan became a full member of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) at the meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the CIS on 24 September 1993. 

· Azerbaijan cooperates with the CIS Electric Power Council. To date, the Council has held a total of 68 meetings, three of which were hosted in Baku on 19 October 2004, 29 May 2009, and 25 April 2014.

· Azerbaijan regularly participates at a high level, as an invited guest, in the meetings of the CIS Electric Power Council.