TURKMENISTAN

Azerbaijan has consistently shown its willingness to boost gas supplies and provide assistance to Europe during times of crisis. Through President Ilham Aliyev's well-defined energy strategy, the country has established itself as a dependable and trustworthy energy partner for Europe. The EU countries are progressively reinforcing their energy alliances with Azerbaijan and actively endorsing all related initiatives.

If Turkmenistan does not act before the EU lines up alternate sources of gas, the Trans-Caspian Pipeline project will become unviable, Allan Mustard, co-founder and co-head of the Trans-Caspian Resources energy startup, Former US Ambassador to Turkmenistan, told Trend.

Representatives of the Land Transport Agency of the Ministry of Digital Development and Transport of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the "Turkmenavtoulaglar" (Turkmen Transport) Agency under the Government of Turkmenistan have discussed a number of issues related to the increase of freight flows passing through the territory of both countries and the expansion of cooperation between the two institutions, "Turkmenavtoulaglar" reported.

The US hopes to strengthen cooperation with Turkmenistan, Trend reports with reference to the Turkmen media.

This is stated in the congratulatory letter of President of the United States of America Joseph Biden addressed to President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov on the occasion of the international Novruz holiday.

The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) is implementing a project to assess Turkmenistan's potential in hydrogen energy, a source in the UNECE (https://w3.unece.org/PXWeb/en ) told Trend.

Turkmenistan will send a batch of liquefied gas to Uzbekistan free of charge, Trend reports with reference to the Turkmen media.

According to the information, this order was signed by the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov in order to support the neighboring country and further strengthen the partnership between Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

A regular meeting of the Azerbaijan-Turkmenistan Working Group on the division of the Caspian seabed took place in Turkmenistan's Ashgabat on January 24-25, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry told Trend.

Amid global economic instability, Azerbaijan’s mitigating role in energy crisis is rapidly increasing. With Azerbaijan and the EU agreeing on doubling the supplies of Azerbaijani gas by 2027, the country’s gas exports to Europe are expected to be 20 bcm, while this year at least 11.6 bcm is planned to be supplied. Moreover, Azerbaijan’s total gas exports this year are expected at 24 bcm.

Prof. Teodor Detchev, Higher School of Security and Economics, head of "Blacksea Caspia" in "The World is Business", 04.01.2023

US is exploring potential ways to support bringing Turkmen gas to Azerbaijan, said the US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Karen Donfried, Trend reports.

She made the remarks at the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Energy, the Environment and Cyber on “U.S. Policy Towards the Caucasus”.