Azerbaijan joins GECF as observer member

Azerbaijan joined the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) as an observer member.

The country’s observer status was declared in the 17th ordinary ministerial meeting of the GECF, which was held in Tehran on November 21, Shana news agency reported.

Iraq, Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, Norway, Oman and Peru have already the status of observer members in the forum. 

Presidents of Russia, Bolivia, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Venezuela, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, and Iraq, as well as the prime minister of Algeria will attend the third GECF summit. 

The member countries of the forum are Algeria, Bolivia, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Iran, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Russia, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates and Venezuela.

Together, the GECF’s 12 member countries account for 67% of the world’s gas reserves, for 64% of global LNG exports and for 42% of cross-border pipeline trade.