Ambassador of Azerbaijan Dr Enyulla Maddatli on Saturday called on Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources, Amanullah Khan Jadoon and discussed with him matters of mutual interest and bilateral co-operation in the field of oil and gas.
Both sides agreed that there existed a lot of potential and scopes for further promoting co-operation in diversified field particularly oil and gas to their mutual advantage.
The minister said the government attaches top priority to strengthening and expanding bilateral ties with the Central Asian States and they could benefit from each other's experience in the vital energy sector.
The envoy informed the minister that Azeri government was looking forward to his visit to Baku in near future at the meeting of Pak-Azerbaijan Joint Ministerial Commission and hoped that it would open up new vistas of co-operation in the economic field.
He also indicated the Azeri companies' willingness to undertake joint ventures with Pakistani oil and gas companies and underlined the need for exchange of experts' level delegation. The minister invited Azeri companies for gas pipeline projects, LNG, oil and gas exploration projects in Pakistan.