The meeting in Geneva is being organized by the 55-member United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), according to the UNECE's website.
The meeting is expected to discuss how the Caspian region countries -- Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkmenistan -- can contribute to a reduction of global energy security risks in a world of rising demand. Ways to increase investment in, and development of, the region's vast oil and natural-gas resources are also expected to be debated.
The meeting is expected to hear addresses from Igor Yusufov, Russian President Vladimir Putin's special envoy on international energy cooperation; Kazakh Energy Minister Vladimir Shkolnik; and Zaur Yaqubov, special adviser to Azerbaijan's fuel and energy minister.
(ITAR-TASS)
[For more on related events in the region, see RFE/RL's dedicated Energy Politics in Russia and the Caspian Sea Region archive.]
The meeting is expected to discuss how the Caspian region countries -- Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkmenistan -- can contribute to a reduction of global energy security risks in a world of rising demand. Ways to increase investment in, and development of, the region's vast oil and natural-gas resources are also expected to be debated.
The meeting is expected to hear addresses from Igor Yusufov, Russian President Vladimir Putin's special envoy on international energy cooperation; Kazakh Energy Minister Vladimir Shkolnik; and Zaur Yaqubov, special adviser to Azerbaijan's fuel and energy minister.
(ITAR-TASS)
[For more on related events in the region, see RFE/RL's dedicated Energy Politics in Russia and the Caspian Sea Region archive.]
