Azerbaijan has discussed prospects for cooperation with Slovenia in the field of green energy supplies, Azerbaijani Energy Minister Parviz Shahbazov wrote on X, EDnews reports.

“At the invitation of Bojan Kumer, Slovenia's Minister of Environment, Climate and Energy, we held a productive meeting during our business visit to the country to evaluate new cooperation opportunities in the context of bilateral energy relations and the development of the strategic energy partnership between Azerbaijan and the European Union, as well as to discuss the strengthening of energy security.

We also discussed prospects for increasing the supply of Azerbaijani gas, which accounted for approximately 5% of Slovenia's total gas consumption last year and cooperation in the field of green energy supply.

In Ljubljana, accompanied by Slovenia’s Minister of Environment, Climate and Energy, Bojan Kumer, and with the participation of Simon Urbancl, CEO of Geoplin; Sašo Berger, President of the Management Board of Petrol Group; Marjan Eberlinc, CEO of Plinovodi; and Tomaž Štokelj, CEO of HSE, we held productive discussions on the development of cooperation across various areas of the energy sector.

We invited Slovenia’s leading energy companies to engage in broad cooperation within Azerbaijan’s oil and gas sector, as well as to participate as both investors and offtakers in our green energy projects,” the minister wrote.