Azerbaijani, Turkish energy ministers to participate in Igdir-Nakhchivan gas pipeline launch

Energy Ministers of Azerbaijan and Türkiye Parviz Shahbazov and Alparslan Bayraktar are visiting the Turkish city of Igdir to attend the commissioning ceremony of the Igdir-Nakhchivan gas pipeline, Report informs.

"We are in our border city of Igdir with the Minister of Energy of Azerbaijan, Mr. Parviz Shahbazov, for the Igdir-Nakhchivan Natural Gas Pipeline Opening Ceremony. We started our program by visiting our Governor's Office. We discussed the role of our city in this strategic project and the needs of Iğdır in the field of energy with our Governor, Mr. Ercan Turan. I would like to thank our Governor for his hospitality," Bayraktar wrote on X.

The length of the 16-inch pipeline from Igdir to the Sadarak region of Nakhchivan is 97.5 km, including the Azerbaijani section - 17.5 km, the Turkish section - 80 km. In Türkiye, the gas pipeline will be an extension of the main gas pipeline running from Eastern Anatolia to Igdir.