Ursula von der Leyen expected to visit Azerbaijan on July 1

President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen is expected to visit Azerbaijan on July 1, Report informs via AnewZ TV.

The visit follows her recent trip to Armenia and would be her first visit to Azerbaijan since July 2022, when she travelled to Baku to sign the EU-Azerbaijan strategic energy partnership.

The visit is expected to focus on EU-Azerbaijan relations, energy cooperation and regional developments.

EU Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos will accompany von der Leyen during the regional visit, which comes as Brussels seeks to strengthen transport, energy and digital links across the South Caucasus.

Von der Leyen last visited Azerbaijan in July 2022, when she met President Ilham Aliyev in Baku to sign a strategic energy partnership aimed at increasing natural gas supplies to the European Union.