President is in Baku for World Urban Forum

Expanding energy cooperation between Bulgaria and Azerbaijan was the main topic of the conversation in Baku between Bulgarian Head of State Iliana Iotova and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. President Iotova is in Baku to participate in the Summit within the framework of the 13th session of the World Urban Forum, the press service of the head of state announced.

Iotova stated Bulgaria’s ambition to increase the quantities of gas supplies from Azerbaijan to Europe through the Greece-Bulgaria gas interconnection and through the development of the “Solidarity Ring” initiative to double gas exports from Azerbaijan to the EU. The potential of a second energy corridor for the transmission of green energy overland between Azerbaijan, Georgia, Türkiye and Bulgaria was also discussed.

Editor: Ivo Ivanov