On December 1, 2023 – The Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Markéta Pekarová Adamová received the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Legislative Assembly Sahiba Gafarová. The two officials discussed the deepening of mutual relations in key areas of the energy industry. But they also discussed the expansion of cooperation to other economically promising sectors.
The Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, Markéta Pekarová Adamová, received the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Sahiba Alighizi Gafarová.
“Azerbaijan is our important strategic partner, especially in the field of energy. The oil we import from there covers about a quarter of our total consumption. This makes our country one of the main importers of Azerbaijani oil. In this way, our good relations contribute to ensuring our own raw material self-sufficiency and energy security,” said the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Markéta Pekarová Adamová.
Last year, a memorandum on strategic partnership in the field of energy was signed, and this year the first meeting of the Czech-Azerbaijani working group took place on this topic.
“During our meeting, I suggested to Madam Speaker that we are ready to deepen our relations in other areas of economically perspective cooperation. Our companies have excellent know-how and an international reputation in sectors such as waste and water management. We are also interested in supplies of Azerbaijani natural gas and would very much like to deepen cooperation in the sector of renewable energy sources,” added the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Markéta Pekarová Adamová.
This year, the Czech Republic and Azerbaijan are commemorating the 30th anniversary of the establishment of mutual diplomatic relations. Today’s visit represents the political culmination of this year’s bilateral cooperation.