Natiq Aliyev

Major oil producers gathered in Qatar yesteray for crucial talks on capping production to boost prices, despite Iran's refusal to take part.

Top energy officials from some 15 countries including Saudi Arabia and Russia were at the Doha talks, amid reports a draft agreement was in the works to freeze output at January levels until at least October.

Azerbaijan has shown that it is a strong country by responding to the heated conflict with Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, according to the country's energy minister, who added that Azerbaijan's main aim was to solve the dispute with diplomatic efforts.

Azerbaijan's Energy Minister Natiq Aliyev has said Azeri gas will reach Europe by 2020.

Speaking at a panel discussion at the Energy Security Conference in Berlin on May 7, Aliyev said a quarter of the construction on the Southern Gas Corridor had been completed.

Turkish Energy Minister Taner Y?ld?z will be in Baku today to attend the "Turkey-Azerbaijan Southern Gas Corridor Advisory Council Meeting."

According to data from the ministry, the meeting will begin on Feb. 12 with opening remarks by Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev and European Commission Vice-President Maro? ?ef?ovi?.