Prospects for natural gas and green energy cooperation were discussed with European Commission

Azerbaijan’s Minister of Energy Parviz Shahbazov met with Cristina Lobillo Borrero, Director of the Energy Platform Task Force at the Directorate-General for Energy of the European Commission, on the sidelines of the 30th International Caspian Oil and Gas Exhibition and Baku Energy Forum.

The role of the strategic energy partnership between Azerbaijan and the European Union in ensuring energy security was discussed at the meeting. It was noted that there is great potential for the development of this partnership. The meeting highlighted the role of the strategic energy partnership between Azerbaijan and the European Union in ensuring energy security. They also reviewed the process of including the Caspian–Black Sea–Europe Green Energy Corridor project in the Ten-Year Network Development Plan (TYNDP) of the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E), along with issues related to the Azerbaijan–Georgia–Türkiye–Bulgaria and Central Asia–Azerbaijan green energy interconnector projects.  

The meeting further included an exchange of views on key agenda items for the upcoming 3rd meeting of the Azerbaijan–EU High-Level Energy Dialogue, to be held soon in Brussels.