Türkiye and Azerbaijan set to expand energy cooperation with new projects, says Minister

A new chapter is unfolding in energy cooperation between Türkiye
and Azerbaijan, Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
Alparslan Bayraktar said in an interview with Anadolu,
Azernews reports.

He noted that discussions are underway on the possibility of
transmitting electricity produced in Azerbaijan—especially from
renewable sources—to Türkiye via Georgia and Nakhchivan: “Of
course, we want to connect this with the European market.”

Bayraktar also announced that Türkiye will host the energy
ministers’ meeting of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) this
year: “We plan to turn the ongoing bilateral cooperation with
Azerbaijan into multilateral cooperation and thus expand the
economic scope.”

Emphasizing the importance of the Southern Gas Corridor,
Bayraktar called it a “global project” that was realized thanks to
the strong political will of the two countries’ leaders.

“Our goal is to increase TANAP’s capacity from 16 billion cubic
meters to 31 billion cubic meters,” he said. “Türkiye, as always,
is ready to do its part as both an important market and a natural
gas hub. The transportation of Azerbaijani oil via Türkiye through
the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline makes significant contributions to
world oil markets.”

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