Energy Minister Bayraktar Meets Kazakh Counterpart Akkenzhenov on Energy Ties

Minister Bayraktar said on his social media account that he had met Kazakhstan's Energy Minister Yerlan Akkenzhenov. The meeting took place within the delegation of Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who was on an official visit to Türkiye for the 13th Organization of Turkic States Summit at the invitation of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Following an inter-delegation meeting chaired by Erdoğan at the Presidential Complex, the two ministers discussed joint cooperation opportunities in the hydrocarbon sector in Kazakhstan and third countries, electricity grid interconnection projects, and strategic steps in nuclear energy.

Bayraktar said that deepening strategic cooperation with Kazakhstan in every field was highly valuable. He stated that the partnership would continue to be strengthened with determination to consolidate the unity of the Turkic world, expand regional integration and guarantee joint energy supply security.