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In the third quarter of 2019, the Ministry of Energy has issued 74 permits for the export, import and transit of goods (works, services, and results of intellectual activity) that are subject to export control. 62 of the issued permits were related to imports of goods subject to export control, 2 to export of goods subject to export control, and 10 to the transit of goods subject to export control.

16th meeting of Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan Joint Intergovernmental Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation will be held in Baku on October 9. Delegations led by the co-chairs of the intergovernmental commission - the Minister of Energy of Azerbaijan Parviz Shahbazov and the Minister of Energy of Kazakhstan Kanat Bozumbayev will attend the meeting.

1211 appeals were received by the Call Center of the Ministry of Energy during the 9 months of 2019.

The Minister of Energy Parviz Shahbazov attended at the “Russian Energy Week” International Forum in Moscow. The impacts of political processes on the global energy market, the role of energy cooperation in intergovernmental relations, and the position of oil in the global energy balance were discussed at the panel session entitled “Protecting Energy Connections in an Unstable World”.

The Minister of Energy Parviz Shahbazov has visited Moscow at the invitation of Alexander Novak, the Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation.

The Minister of Energy of the Republic of Azerbaijan Parviz Shahbazov received citizens at the administrative building of Tovuz branch of the Energy Regulatory Agency in Tovuz on September 27. On the same day Deputy Minister of Energy Samir Valiyev received residents from Gazakh and Agstafa districts in Gazakh city and Deputy Minister Elnur Soltanov received local residents in Shamkir city.

The Ministry of Energy held a next meeting of the Working Group on the reforms on the electricity supply networks connection.

The Deputy Minister of Energy Samir Valiyev represented Azerbaijan at the first meeting of energy ministers of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Program (CAREC) in Tashkent. A Joint Declaration envisaging the cooperation on the development and implementation of the “CAREC Energy Strategy 2030” was signed at the meeting of ministers.

The draft “National Action Plan on Energy Efficiency”, which was developed within the “EU4Energy” program with the support of the Ministry of Energy of Azerbaijan and the International Energy Charter, was discussed with the participation representatives of the European Union, international organizations, several local and foreign government agencies, as well as experts.

The Minister of Energy Parviz Shahbazov spoke about the exceptional merits of the “Contract of the Century”, celebrating its 25th anniversary, in the socio-political life of Azerbaijan. The minister said that this historic contract was concluded thanks to the farsighted policy of the great leader Heydar Aliyev.