26.04.23
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev spoke about plans to double the export of natural gas to Europe by 2027. This is reported by Centralasia.news with reference to the official website of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
A signing ceremony of the “Memorandum of Understanding for encouraging cooperation among Bulgartransgaz (Bulgaria), Transgaz (Romania), FGSZ (Hungary), Eustream (Slovakia) and the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR)” has been held in Sofia. President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and President of the Republic of Bulgaria Rumen Radev attended the signing ceremony. Aliyev noted that this is an important step in strengthening cooperation between Azerbaijan and Europe.
The President of Azerbaijan recalled the "Memorandum on Strategic Partnership in the field of energy" signed in July 2020, on the basis of which it is planned to double gas supplies to the European Union market by 2027.
According to Aliyev, in 2021, the republic supplied eight billion cubic meters of gas to Europe, and this year it is planned to supply 12 billion cubic meters with a total export volume of 24.5 billion cubic meters.
