Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan Working Groups held second meeting

The second meeting of the Working Groups on "Transit of Kazakhstan's oil and oil products through Azerbaijan", and on "Delivery and transportation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Kazakhstan through the Caspian Sea to Azerbaijan" was held in video conference format with the co - chairmanship of the Deputy Ministers of Energy of Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, Samir Valiyev and Aset Magaouv. 

The co-chairs noted the continuation of cooperation between the two countries in various areas of political and economic relations, including in the field of energy, despite the difficulties associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

The prospects of increasing transit volumes of Kazakh oil, oil products and liquefied gas through the existing infrastructures were discussed at the meeting. It was decided to conduct a joint technical and economic analysis in a short period of time in connection with increasing transit volumes of Kazakh hydrocarbon products through Azerbaijan by the experts of Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan.

At the meeting, representatives of the Ministries of Energy, Foreign Affairs, Economy, Transport, Communications and High Technologies, Emergency Situations, the State Border Service, the State Customs Committee, SOCAR, the Azerbaijan Railways CJSC, the Baku International Sea Trade Port cJSC, the Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping CJSC of Azerbaijan, and of the Ministry of Energy, Foreign Affairs, Industry and Infrastructure Development, Finance, the Aktau Sea Trade Port, Batumi Oil Terminal LLC, KazTransGas, KazTransOil, KazmOrtransflot and Petrotrans Limited companies took part.