President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, amid Russian strikes on the SOCAR oil depot in the Odessa region and a gas compressor station, signed an order allocating $2 million to the Ministry of Energy for humanitarian aid to Ukraine, as reported by 1news.az
During a recent phone call between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Ilham Aliyev, the leaders “condemned the targeted Russian airstrikes on the oil depot of the Azerbaijani company SOCAR and other facilities in Ukraine, as well as on the gas compressor station transporting Azerbaijani gas to Ukraine.” They expressed confidence that these actions will under no circumstances lead to a cessation of cooperation between Azerbaijan and Ukraine in the energy sector.
It was reported that Aliyev ordered the allocation of funds equivalent to $2 million to the Ministry of Energy for the purchase and delivery of electrical equipment produced in Azerbaijan as humanitarian aid to Ukraine. These funds come from the president of the Republic of Azerbaijan’s reserve fund in the 2025 state budget.
The Ministry of Finance has been tasked with ensuring financing, while the Cabinet of Ministers is instructed to resolve the issues arising from this order.
