Baku, November 28, AZERTAC
An Azerbaijani delegation led by Deputy Minister of Energy Natig Abbasov is attending the 28th session of the Energy Charter Conference in Ashgabat.
Turkmenistan was elected as a chairing country of the Energy Charter Conference for 2017.
The Energy Charter is a declaration of political intention at strengthening energy cooperation between East and West.
The Energy Charter Treaty was signed in December 1994 and entered into force in April 1998.
The main objective of the treaty is to strengthen the legal norms in energy issues by creating a single field of rules that all participating governments must comply with, thus minimizing the risks associated with investment and trade in the field power engineering.