Azerbaijan intensifies its European engagement at the EPC Summit
Azerbaijan added additional thrust to its engagement with Europe announcing more energy to the EU, a strategic partnership with the UK, additional agreements with Ukraine, a dozen bilateral meetings with European leaders and a new meeting with Armenia to advance the historic peace process.
Azerbaijan increased its energy exports to Europe, expanding supplies from 8 billion to 13 billion cubic meters annually. President Ilham Aliyev discussed long-term energy contracts with European Council President Antonio Costa at the 9th European Political Community Summit in Dublin. The EU-Azerbaijan Strategic Partnership in the Field of Energy, established in 2022, focuses on gas supplies and renewable energy.
Azerbaijan's gas pipeline to Italy currently operates at full capacity and plans further expansion. The UK and Azerbaijan signed a Joint Declaration on Strategic Partnership, emphasizing defense, security, trade, and investment collaboration. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Aliyev to discuss emergency support for Ukraine's energy grid and humanitarian aid totaling €48 million.
Armenia and Azerbaijan held talks on peace consolidation, border delimitations, and electricity grid interconnection.
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