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During the first quarter of 2019, 46 cases of administrative violations were reviewed at the Ministry of Energy. 22 of them were connected to natural gas and 24 to electricity. Articles submitted on 6 cases related to natural gas, which are not properly compiled, have been sent back.

The Minister of Energy of the Republic of Azerbaijan Parviz Shahbazov met with Deputy Chairman for Regional Development of the World Energy Council Oleg Budargin.

The Minister of Energy of the Republic of Azerbaijan Parviz Shahbazov will receive citizens from Shirvan, Hajiqabul, Salyan and Neftchala regions in Shirvan city on April 26.

The Energy Regulatory Agency under the Ministry of Energy received 636 applications during the first quarter of the year for connection to electricity network through the Technical Councils operating at “ASAN Service” and “ASAN Utility Centers”.

The 5th technical seminar of energy regulators started in Budapest with support of the Energy Regulators Regional Association (ERRA) and National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC).

In the first quarter of 2019, the Ministry of Energy has issued 34 permits for the export, import and transit of goods (works, services, and results of intellectual activity) that are subject to export control. 25 of the issued permits were related to imports of goods subject to export control, 1 to export of goods subject to export control, and 8 to the transit of goods subject to export control.

The second meeting of the Working Group for Energy Regulatory was held. Within the second meeting of Working Group consisting of representatives of the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Energy Regulatory Agency, “Azerenergy” OJSC, “Azerishiq” OJSC, “Azerigaz” PU and “Azeristiliktechizat” OJSC sessions of trainings on regulation in the energy sector.

The meeting of countries’ energy ministers on “Eastern Partnership” will be held in Bucharest, Romania on April 2. Azerbaijan will be represented by Deputy Minister of Energy Elnur Soltanov at a meeting to be held within the chairmanship of Romania in the Council of the European Union.

The next collegium meeting chaired by the Minister of Energy Parviz Shahbazov was held at the Ministry of Energy. The focus of the meeting was to discuss issues such as the current state of gas supply, actions taken to address challenges associated with the gas supply and achieve sustainable development of the system, as well as administrative discipline, reception of citizens and review of applications.

Energy Minister Parviz Shahbazov met with the delegation led by Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó. The Minister reminded his meeting with the Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade last year in Moscow within the International Forum “Russian Energy Week” where they discussed bilateral cooperation. He praised the current meeting as an opportunity for further cooperation.