Azerbaijan's Energy Minister Discloses Import Volume Of Turkmen Gas Through Iran
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
SHUSHA, Azerbaijan, June 4. Azerbaijan has
imported 1.5 billion cubic meters of Turkmen gas through Iran since
the beginning of 2022, Azerbaijan's Minister of energy Parviz
Shahbazov told reporters during a special session on 'Path to Zero
Emissions: Developing the Green Energy Potential of the Liberated
Territories' on the sidelines of the Baku Energy Week in Shusha on
June 4, Trend reports.
According to him, the sides have reached corresponding
agreements during the Iranian minister's visit to Azerbaijan.
'Iran will further continue to cooperate in this direction,'
Shahbazov said.
As Minister of Oil of the Islamic Republic of Iran Javad Ovjihas
earlier said, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Iran agreed to double
natural gas exchanges as part of an agreement signed in November
2021.
Currently, Turkmenistan is supplying 5-6 million cubic meters of
gas per day to the northeastern regions of Iran, while Iran
provides Azerbaijan with the same amount of gas through its
northwestern border.
A trilateral agreement to swap Turkmenistan's natural gas to the
Republic of Azerbaijan through Iran was signed on the sidelines of
the 15th Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Summit in Ashgabat
on Nov. 28, 2021.
The implementation of the contract began on January 1, 2022.
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