The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railroad's capacity can be expanded to five million tons by the end of April 2024, the chairman of „Azerbaijani Railways“, Rovshan Rustamov says on social media, Trend reports.
President of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) Rovshan Najaf discussed issues of cooperation in the gas sector with Chairman of the Management Committee of Gazprom Alexei Miller, Trend reports via Gazprom.
The implementation of the Zangezur Corridor project will expand the capacity of the Middle Corridor by 8-10 million tons per year, said Rahman Hummatov, Deputy Ministry of Digital Development and Transport of Azerbaijan, Trend reports.
He made the remark during a presentation of the Middle Corridor study compelled by the World Bank held today in Tbilisi, Georgia.
The US continues to encourage Azerbaijan and Armenia to try to reach a durable agreement, US State Department Spokesman Matthew Miller said during a briefing on February 27, Trend reports.
„I don't have any announcements to make, but we continue to encourage both sides to try to reach a durable, lasting agreement“, he said.
Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers are set to meet in Germany on February 28 and 29.
Armenia's Constitutional Reform Commission will discuss the issue of drafting a new constitution for the country on March 1, the Armenian media says, Trend reports.
„Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will not form a new council to do this work. Because there is not enough time“, Armenian media writes.
Kazakhstan's Ambassador to Azerbaijan Alim Bayel has congratulated Azerbaijan's Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Mukhtar Babayev on the country's chairmanship of this year's 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), Trend reports, referring to Kazakhstan's embassy in Azerbaijan.
Prospects of „green“ hydrogen production in the countries of Central Asia and the Caspian region will be discussed in Kazakhstan's Astana on September 17, Trend reports via „Globuc International Company“.
We hope that a meeting will take place between the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia, at which all issues will be discussed, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Vahan Kostanyan told reporters, Trend reports.
In January 2024, Azerbaijan increased gas production by 30 million cubic meters, said Minister of Energy of Azerbaijan Parviz Shahbazov on X, Trend reports.
"During this period, 2.3 billion cubic meters of gas were exported out of a total of 4.3 billion," he wrote.
In addition, the minister stressed that oil production for January amounted to 2.5 million tons, of which 2.1 million tons were sent for export.
The principles of the peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan have been agreed upon, Yerevan has the political will to sign this document, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan said, Trend reports.
“Essentially, the principles of the peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan have been agreed upon, and at the end of last year it seemed to us that we were very close to final agreement,” Pashinyan said in an interview with The Telegraph.
