Aliyev meets Pashinyan, Mitsotakis and Babiš in Dublin: transit cargo, TAP and oil supplies on the table

President Ilham Aliyev held three more meetings on the margins of the 9th European Political Community Summit in Dublin on 12 November: with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš. About 50 European heads of state and government came to the summit, held under the theme “Europe: strong, secure and connected”.

The talks with Pashinyan built on the joint declaration signed in Washington on 8 August 2025. The leaders discussed the design of the railway and highway sections of the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP), border delimitation, trade and the planned link-up of their power grids. Since November last year, 105,000 tonnes of cargo have reached Armenia through Azerbaijani territory. Both sides also welcomed the new working groups on transboundary rivers.

With Mitsotakis, Aliyev discussed Azerbaijan's place in the energy security of Europe and Greece and the TAP gas pipeline. The two sides said Azerbaijan could export more gas to Europe and that the EU's financing and procedural rules need a review for that to happen.

Babiš recalled his official visit to Azerbaijan in April and their meeting in Gabala. Azerbaijan is the largest supplier of oil to the Czech Republic. Investment projects and exchange visits by business people were also on the agenda.

From the Turkic world, Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar also attended the summit. He spoke about Europe's security and competitiveness and said Europe is “very far behind” in artificial intelligence. Magyar will stay in Dublin for Friday's informal meeting of EU leaders and plans several bilateral meetings. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan did not travel to Dublin because of the COP31 summit in Antalya.