Bayraktar: Türkiye and Slovakia sign energy cooperation memorandum

Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar met Slovak Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Denisa Saková and her accompanying delegation in Istanbul on 23 October 2026. Bayraktar then shared a post about the meeting on his NSosyal account.

The talks covered a wide range of cooperation, from natural gas supply to nuclear energy, renewable sources, energy efficiency and supply security. The Ministry and Slovakia's Economy Ministry signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the Energy Sector. It was prepared to assess cooperation potential, mainly in natural gas trade, and also in renewable energy, energy efficiency, nuclear energy and critical minerals, and to set a joint roadmap.

Bayraktar said relations with Slovakia have strengthened in every period and that both countries will continue to contribute to energy supply security in Central and Eastern Europe.