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Modification of Strategic Partnership Agreement between Azerbaijan, Georgia, Romania and Hungary regarding green energy

September 10, 2024

The government approved, on Thursday, the amendment of the Agreement on the Strategic Partnership between the governments of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Romania and Hungary in the field of Green Energy Development and Transport, introducing provisions according to which the law of the European Union and the obligations of Hungary and Romania, resulting from their membership of the EU, have priority over the obligations in the agreement.According to a press release from the government, the memorandum approved in this regard provides for the negotiation and signing of a Protocol for the amendment of Article 6 of the Agreement on the Strategic Partnership between the governments of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Romania and Hungary in the Field of Green Energy Development and Transport, being clarified "some aspects regarding to the compatibility with the legislation of the European Union"."Thus, at the request of the European Commission, Article 6 of the agreement is amended, introducing provisions to ensure that EU law and the obligations of Hungary and Romania resulting from their membership of the EU take precedence over the obligations provided for in the agreement," states the quoted source.This Agreement was signed on December 17, 2022 and aims at "long-term cooperation in the field of energy, the expansion of relations in new fields for the common benefit, underlining the growing importance of new energy infrastructure initiatives, which will contribute to the diversification of energy supply and routes of transit in the regions of which they are a part," the press release reads.

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