Türkiye, Egypt clinch to power up natural gas cooperation, says energy minister
Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar and his Egyptian counterpart Karim Badawi shake hands after agreeing to strengthen their partnership in the natural gas sector at the CERAWeek 2025 event in Houston, U.S, on March 12, 2025. (Photo via X/@aBayraktar1)
Türkiye’s Energy and Natural Resources Minister, Alparslan Bayraktar, announced that Türkiye and Egypt have decided to take concrete steps to strengthen their partnership, particularly in the natural gas sector.
Alparslan Bayraktar said on X that during his visit to the U.S., as part of the major energy conference CERAWeek2025, he held a meeting with Egyptian Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Karim Badawi.
He added that during the meeting, they discussed energy security issues of both countries and the region.
“We discussed strengthening cooperation between our two countries in the fields of natural gas and mining,” he said. “We agreed to concretize our cooperation, especially in the field of natural gas.”
He also met Tengku Muhammad Taufik, head of the Malaysian state-run energy firm Petronas, Jeff Miller, head of the U.S. Halliburton Company, American Cheniere Energy Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Anatol Feygin, and their delegations.
“During our meetings, we discussed opportunities to further advance our cooperation in the field of energy,” Bayraktar said.
