Turkiye is discussing a project to lay an electricity cable along the seabed of the Black Sea with Azerbaijan, Georgia, Bulgaria and Romania. We need to transport more electricity from east to west and from north to south, Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar said.

Axar.az reports that Bayraktar made the remarks while speaking to journalists on the sidelines of COP31 in Antalya.

Highlighting the importance of the intergovernmental agreement on strategic partnership in clean energy signed between Azerbaijan, Turkiye, Georgia and Bulgaria in Antalya, the Turkish minister stressed that efforts to strengthen cooperation with neighbouring countries would continue.

He noted that Turkiye aims to increase the capacity of its electricity interconnectors from 5.4 gigawatts to 15 gigawatts.

Bayraktar also stated that Turkiye is holding talks with various countries on new large-scale energy interconnection projects. According to him, Turkiye is also considering projects aimed at integrating its electricity grids with those of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria and Europe.