European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will travel to Baku to seek more natural gas from Azerbaijan as the European Union seeks to reduce its reliance on Russian energy.
The Commission says amid Russia’s continued weaponisation of its energy supplies, diversification of our energy imports is a priority for the EU, President von der Leyen and Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson will be in Azerbaijan to further strengthen the cooperation.
The Commission has proposed to EU countries a deal with Azerbaijan to increase imports of natural gas and support the expansion of a pipeline to do this.