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The meeting was held between Minister of Energy Parviz Shahbazov and the delegation led by IFC Regional Director for Caucasus and Russia, Jan Van Bilsen. Jan van Bilsen spoke about issues such as attracting investments to private sector and increasing the role of the sector in the economy. Drawing on the experience of private sector development and reforms in the energy sector in many countries, the International Finance Corporation has expressed interest in cooperation with Azerbaijan in this regard.
Minister of Energy Parviz Shahbazov received Executive Director of “Total” for Azerbaijan Regis Agut. The current status related to the implementation of “Absheron” project and the issues of cooperation with “Total” company in the field of renewable energy sources were discussed during the meeting.
The Minister of Energy of the Republic of Azerbaijan Parviz Shahbazov held another citizen reception.
During 2019, 686 cases of administrative violations were reviewed at the Ministry of Energy. 626 of them were connected to natural gas and 60 to electricity.
A memorial ceremony was held at the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the January 20 tragedy.
In 2019, the Ministry of Energy received 4092 appeals on consumers' rights protection, electricity supply, gasification and other issues.
The Minister of Energy of the Republic of Azerbaijan Parviz Shahbazov will receive citizens in Siyazan city on January 20 in accordance with the schedule of citizen recepion by the heads and deputy heads of the central executive authroities. Reception will take place at Heydar Aliyev Center in Siyazan district (address: 90 Heydar Aliyev St, Siyazan city) at 11:00.
The 5th meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation between the Republic of Azerbaijan and Italy was held in Rome. Speaking at a meeting of the commission, Minister of Energy Parviz Shahbazov noted the successful development of relations between Azerbaijan and Italy, one of the country's main trading partners.