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830 appeals were received by the Call Center of the Ministry of Energy during the 6 months of 2019.

A meeting with the delegation led by UNDP Deputy Resident Representative Yuliya Shcherbinina took place at the Ministry of Energy. At the meeting, the sides discussed opportunities for cooperation with the UNDP on implementing the measures identified by the Decree on " The acceleration of reforms in the energy sector of the Republic of Azerbaijan".

In the I half of 2019 the working group for the “Strategic Road Map on Development of Utilities (electricity and thermal energy, water and gas) in the Republic of Azerbaijan” held 2 meetings and the sub-working groups for the priorities of the strategic road map held 4 meetings, where the Ministry of Energy was the coordinator and the main executor of 23 events.

At the 6th "OPEC Plus" Ministerial Meeting in Vienna, a Charter on long-term cooperation between OPEC member countries and non-OPEC members was adopted. Then an agreement was reached to extend the deadline of the agreement on the reduction of oil production for another 9 months.

Today at the 15th meeting of the Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee of the OPEC Plus member countries in Vienna, it was proposed to extend the deadline for executing the “Declaration of Cooperation” to reduce oil production without changing the existing quotas for another 9 months.

The Minister of Energy of the Republic of Azerbaijan Parviz Shahbazov will pay a visit to Vienna, Austria at the invitation of Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo, the Secretary-General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on June 30.

The Minister of Energy of the Republic of Azerbaijan Parviz Shahbazov received citizens at the administrative building of the Khachmaz branch of the Energy Regulatory Agency in Khachmaz city on June 28. Citizens from Khachmaz and Shabran districts have participated in the reception.

An event on "Supporting the Application of a Favorable Political Framework for Small-scale Renewable Energy in Azerbaijan" was held at the Ministry of Energy with the participation of a number of government agencies,

The country which will host 24th World Petroleum Congress in 2023 was determined at the meeting of World Petroleum Council in Saint-Petersburg. Canada was selected over Azerbaijan by only one vote in the voting with the participation of 41 members of the World Petroleum Council.

The Minister of Energy of the Republic of Azerbaijan Parviz Shahbazov attended at the 6th Youth Forum, organized by the World Petroleum Council and with the support of the Ministry of Energy of Russia.