Day: February 3, 2023

President of Romania Klaus Iohannis has ended his official visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan.

A guard of honor was lined up for the Romanian President at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport decorated with the national flags of the two countries.

President Klaus Iohannis was seen off by Azerbaijan`s First Deputy Prime Minister Yagub Eyyubov, Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov and other officials.

Source: Azerbaijan State News Agency

“Today, we are, of course, looking forward to having the first Advisory Council on the green energy. The team is relatively small. We have four countries, but with the potential to grow. Because we think that not only the governments, but also the companies will be interested in participation in this important initiative,” said President Ilham Aliyev as he addressed the 9th Southern Gas Corridor Advisory Council Ministerial Meeting and the 1st Green Energy Advisory Council Ministerial meeting held in Baku.

“At the first Advisory Council of course, the conceptual issues must be addressed. How we will form our activity? What will be the responsibility of each country? How private companies can be involved? Whether it will be a consortium of companies or each country will do its part of work on its sovereign territory?” the head of state noted.

“So, these are all issues to be addressed and agreed. Because it’s not only to produce the renewable sources of energy from Azerbaijani offshore and onshore fields and also to build a new transmission line to our border with Georgia, but also to build a cable under the Black Sea, the head of state noted,” President Ilham Aliyev added.

Source: Azerbaijan State News Agency

“I’d like taking this opportunity to express gratitude to the governments of countries, which are our partners – Türkiye, Georgia, Greece, Bulgaria, Albania, Italy, our new partners Romania, Moldova, Hungary,” said President Ilham Aliyev as he addressed the 9th Southern Gas Corridor Advisory Council Ministerial Meeting and the 1st Green Energy Advisory Council Ministerial meeting held in Baku.

“Special gratitude to European Commission for continued support and great leadership. Also, I’d like to express many thanks to the governments of the United States and United Kingdom for continuous support of our initiative and providing strong framework for broad cooperation, including investments opportunities and financing,” the Azerbaijani President mentioned.

Source: Azerbaijan State News Agency

“The companies, which are involved in this process, especially SOCAR and BP, two leading companies, which have already a strategic relationship for 30 years, and at least 30 years to come, and leading financial institutions whose representatives are present today – World Bank, EBRD, ADB, AIB, Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank, IFC,” said President Ilham Aliyev as he addressed the 9th Southern Gas Corridor Advisory Council Ministerial Meeting and the 1st Green Energy Advisory Council Ministerial meeting held in Baku.

“So, all the leading financial institutions are with us, and we hope that we will continue our fruitful cooperation also in the areas of renewables,” the head of state added.

Source: Azerbaijan State News Agency

“The potential of Azerbaijan’s green energy also is available. It has been already confirmed. Only offshore wind potential is 157 gigawatts, onshore wind and solar 27, up to 10 gigawatts of potential of wind and solar we have in the territories, which we liberated something more than two years ago as a result of the Patriotic War,” said President Ilham Aliyev as he addressed the 9th Southern Gas Corridor Advisory Council Ministerial Meeting and the 1st Green Energy Advisory Council Ministerial meeting held in Baku.

“And also we have discovered the big potential in Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, and now we are in the process of negotiations to evaluate the opportunity to build a 500 megawatt solar power station. And I think there’ll be even more capacity,” the head of state mentioned.

Source: Azerbaijan State News Agency