Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan approved the appointment of Serdar Kilic as Turkey's special envoy to normalize relations with Armenia.
The corresponding decision was published in the official bulletin of the Turkish government - Resmi Gazete (Official newspaper).
Turkey will render support to Kazakhstan, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said, Trend reports referring to the Turkish media.
“We hope that Kazakhstan will soon achieve stability, peace and tranquility,” Cavusoglu said. ‘For this purpose, we will render support as Turkey itself and as a member-state of the Organization of Turkic States”.
Turkey needs to return to Asia, but this does not mean that we will turn our backs on the West, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavushoglu said.
Cavushoglu stressed that in addition to traditional threats, there are now epidemics, migration, climate change, cyber threats and asymmetric threats, the multilateral system has weakened and cannot respond to changes and transformations.
According to him, competition in the virtual environment, energy, technology and trade has increased.
Turkey to operate charter flights to the capital of Armenia, Yerevan, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said during his speech at the Turkish Grand National Assembly, Trend reports.
„In the near future, Armenia and Turkey will appoint special representatives to take steps to normalize relations. We will also launch charter flights to the capital of Armenia, Yerevan“, noted Çavuşoğlu.
The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil export pipeline, operated by bp, has achieved a significant milestone by carrying 500 million tonnes of oil in total from the Sangachal terminal near Baku across Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey to Ceyhan, reports “bp”.
The milestone was achieved on 12 December when the 500 millionth tonne of Caspian crude flowed through the pipeline, was loaded on the 4922nd tanker named Nordorse, which was a joint SOCAR lifting, and departed for Trieste (Italy).
„Petkim“, a subsidiary of „SOCAR Turkey“, aims to produce 200 gigawatts of electricity per year through 17 wind turbines, Director General of „SOCAR Turkey“ Zaur Gahramanov said at a press conference for representatives of the Azerbaijani media.
According to Gahramanov, renewable energy supply has a strategic importance.
The STAR refinery of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan has tested 28 different types of crude oil, head of the SOCAR Turkey Refinery and Petrochemicals Business Unit, director general of Petkim petrochemical complex Anar Mammadov said at a press conference for the Azerbaijani reporters.
Mammadov said that today the refinery buys oil mainly from Kazakhstan, Russia, Norway, as well as from Tunisia, Morocco, and the Mediterranean countries.
Revenues of Petkim, a subsidiary of SOCAR Turkey, have reached record high level since early 2021, Director General of SOCAR Turkey Zaur Gahramanov said at a press conference for representatives of the Azerbaijani media on Nov. 30.
According to Gahramanov, Petkim meets 17 percent of Turkey's petrochemical needs.
The Turkmen authorities agreed to participate in the “Lapis Lazuli”, which will connect Afghanistan with Turkey through Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Georgia.
İt is presented as an opportunity to export Afghan goods to Europe.
The agreement on transit and transport cooperation Lapis Lazuli between Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey and Turkmenistan was signed on November 15, 2017, at the ministerial meeting of the 7th Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan in Ashgabat.
From January 1, 2022, the ban on the import of construction materials from Turkey to Armenia will be abolished. This was reported by Day.Az, citing Armenian media.
“The ban on the import of Turkish clothes, shoes, cosmetics and other goods will be lifted in the coming months”, the statement said.
