After travelling to Germany, Prime Minister Edi Rama will pay a two-day visit to Turkey and Azerbaijan. The visit starts the next day, April 14 and ends on Friday with a meeting with representatives of the company "Tubitak".

The war in Ukraine, as well as the impact on the economy is thought to be one of the topics of discussion. Azerbaijan, once part of the Soviet Union, is one of the gas-producing countries and, as previously stated, plans to increase gas exports by 11 percent this year. 

Since December 2020, the country has supplied the European continent via the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP). The almost 900-kilometer-long gas corridor crosses the Turkish-Greek border through Albania to Italy.

Agenda: 

Thursday, April 14th 

07.00 - Special flight to Heydar Aliyev International Airport 

13.40 - Tete-a-tete meeting with Mr. Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan 

16.00 - Visit to the memorial of the martyrs' cemetery 

16.30 - Bilateral meeting with Mrs. Sahiba Gafarova, Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Azerbaijan 

18.00 - Bilateral meeting with Mr. Ali Asadov, Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan 

Friday, April 15th 

 11.00 - Special flight to Istanbul airport 

 13.30 - Meeting with representatives of the company "Tubitak"