Azerbaijan and Italy: Strengthening Partnership in Changing Global Conditions

Azerbaijan has completed another election. The snap parliamentary elections, held on September 1, are now behind us. This was the second snap election held within a year. Earlier, in February, snap presidential elections took place.

Starting October 1, the "Gas Year" (running until September 30 of the following year) begins, and despite Europe's record gas storage levels (93% full), concerns are rising due to the ongoing escalation of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and uncertainty surrounding Russian gas transit through Ukraine to the EU.

Official Baku has included individuals who voted against the Azerbaijani delegation in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on the list of 'undesirable persons.'

It has been two years since the "Memorandum of Understanding on Strategic Partnership in the Energy Sector" was signed in Baku by Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.