Azerbaijan, Turkey, Georgia, Bulgaria agree on strategic partnership for green energy exports

BAKU. Nov 10 (Interfax) - Azerbaijan, Turkey, Bulgaria and Georgia have signed an intergovernmental agreement on a strategic partnership in clean energy in Antalya, Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on the social media platform X.

"COP31 [the UN international climate change conference], held with the support of our country, has become a platform for a strategic partnership that has united four states around a common vision in the field of clean energy. In Antalya, we signed an agreement on strategic partnership in clean energy between the governments of Turkey, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria and Georgia," Bayraktar said.

The foundations of this cooperation were laid in 2024, he said, and in April 2025 the parties signed a memorandum of understanding in Baku.

"Today we have strengthened this cooperation by concluding an intergovernmental agreement. As part of the project, which we call the 'electric TANAP,' we intend to supply electricity produced from clean sources to European markets along the route Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey-Bulgaria," Bayraktar said.

The agreement will strengthen energy ties between the four countries, create new opportunities for trading clean electricity and will contribute to ensuring Europe's energy security, he said.

"I wish that the agreement, which reflects the common will of the four states, will benefit our countries and the region," he said.

According to the Azerbaijani Energy Ministry, the document was signed by Bayraktar, Azerbaijani Energy Minister Parviz Shahbazov, Georgian Deputy Prime Minister and Economy and Sustainable Development Minister Mariam Kvrivishvili and Bulgarian Energy Minister Iva Petrova.

"The agreement aims to develop the Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey-Bulgaria green energy corridor, strengthen regional energy ties and diversify electricity transmission routes," the ministry said.

The document stipulates cooperation in the transmission and supply of clean electricity, defining the conditions for its safe and uninterrupted transmission, as well as the development of fiber-optic communications as part of the project.

"This initiative will contribute to the export of electricity produced from renewable sources in Azerbaijan to the Turkish and European markets, strengthening the partner countries' energy security and turning our country into an interregional electricity hub," the ministry said.