Pellegrini held talks in Azerbaijan on gas and projects in…

Pellegrini held talks in Azerbaijan on gas and projects in Karabakh

14.07.2026 16:01 HotInfo

President Peter Pellegrini held talks with President Ilham Aliyev in the Karabakh region on Tuesday during an official visit to Azerbaijan. According to him, Slovakia wants to fill its strategic partnership with Azerbaijan with concrete projects in energy, the economy, transport, defense, and the reconstruction of regions after the conflict. domov.sme.sk ↗

In the city of Shusha, Pellegrini described Azerbaijan as a guarantor of stability and development and an important center of logistics and transport routes between East and West. He thanked Azerbaijan for its willingness to provide Slovakia with part of its gas reserves after the halt of Russian gas supplies via Ukraine. Energy was among the main topics of the talks, along with economic cooperation and possibilities for further connecting the two countries. aktuality.sk ↗

The program also included a visit to the village of Baş Qərvənd in the Aghdam region, where Pellegrini and Aliyev laid the foundation stone of a new school. It is to be built as part of a smart village project and will bear the name of General Milan Rastislav Štefánik. The president also familiarized himself there with the Smart Village project. aktuality.sk ↗

Pellegrini departed for Azerbaijan on Monday at the invitation of the country's head of state. The visit builds on previous contacts between the two countries and is meant to move the strategic partnership from political declarations to practical cooperation. Further developments will depend on how successfully concrete joint projects can be prepared in the areas that were the subject of the talks. SITA ↗

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Peter Pellegrini Prezident Slovenskej republiky

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