The second meeting of the ministers as part of the Southern Gas Corridor Advisory Council has today kicked off in Baku. President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev attends the meeting.

The meeting participants include energy ministers of the Souther Gas Corridor member countries and representatives of various organizations, as well as EU Commission Vice-President for Energy Union Maros Sefcovic, Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Berat Albayrak, US Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs Amos Hochstein, Director General for International Energy Affairs of the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change Edmund Hosker, State Secretary of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic Claudio De Vincenti and others.

The meeting will feature three plenary sessions and a round table.

Following the meeting Azerbaijani Energy Minister Natig Aliyev and the EU Commission Vice-President for Energy Union Maros Sefcovic will make statements for the press.

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