A trilateral meeting on energy cooperation between Turkey, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan was held in Istanbul, Trend reports.

Turkey was represented at the meeting by the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Fatih Dönmez, Azerbaijan by the Minister of Energy Parviz Shahbazov, and Turkmenistan by the chairman of the state corporation Turkmenecology, Shahym Abdrahmanov.

During the meeting, discussions were held related to the current state and prospects for the development of cooperation between countries in the field of energy. The meeting participants also noted that successive meetings of ministers of Turkey, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan, adopted documents, common regional interests and such projects as the Afghanistan-Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey transport corridor, the Trans-Eurasian superinformation highway and the restoration of the Great Silk Road formalize a strong base. for cooperation in a trilateral format, said in the information.

Following the meeting, a joint declaration was signed, implying the expansion of existing cooperation to renewable energy, energy efficiency, green technologies, exchange of experience, strengthening of ties between companies, research centers operating in the oil and gas industry, the energy sector in all three countries, as well as holding exhibitions, conferences and seminars. Then the parties held a joint press conference.