Azerbaijan joins SCO energy dialogue, promotes green energy partnership

Azerbaijani Energy Minister Parviz Shahbazov has attended the opening ceremony of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Energy Ministers Meeting and Forum, held in Ningbo, China.

Minister Shahbazov shared news of his participation via a post on his official X account, Caliber.Az reports.

We participated in the opening of the #SCO Energy Ministers’ Meeting & Forum in Ningbo, China, highlighting the strategic importance of #greenenergy projects with #China and #CentralAsia-especially the Trans-Caspian Green Energy Corridor, which supports the #GreenSilkRoad… pic.twitter.com/oJwobqSy7i

— Parviz Shahbazov (@ParvizShahbazov) June 26, 2025

“We participated in the opening of the SCO Energy Ministers’ Meeting & Forum in Ningbo, China, highlighting the strategic importance of green energy projects with China and Central Asia-especially the Trans-Caspian Green Energy Corridor, which supports the Green Silk Road initiative and the SCO’s energy agenda,” the post by the minister reads.

As a top-level energy sector's side meeting of this year's SCO Summit, it is also one of largest diplomatic events hosted by China's energy industry in 2025. With a theme of "Integrate Innovation for Energy Future", it leverages China's SCO rotating presidency to build on consensus among all parties, and advance energy cooperation toward higher quality and deeper integration within the SCO framework. Attendees included the SCO Secretariat, energy regulators of SCO member states, observer states and dialogue partners, as well as major international organizations, energy enterprises, think tanks and universities from home and abroad.

Established in 2001, SCO has expanded from six founding members to a "big family" consisting of 10 member states, 2 observer states, and 14 dialogue partners, becoming the world's largest and most populous regional cooperation body.

By Vafa Guliyeva