On 17 October 2016, the Energy Charter Secretary General, Dr Urban Rusnák, met with the Minister of Energy of Azerbaijan, Mr Natiq Aliyev. The Secretary General updated the Minister on ongoing Energy Charter activities, including the work on a Multilateral Framework Agreement on Energy Transit. Minister Aliyev stressed the importance of common rules for energy transit and welcomed the work of the Secretariat on such an agreement. They also discussed the participation of a delegation of Azerbaijan in the 27th session of the Energy Charter Conference in Tokyo, and the new working methods proposed for the Secretariat and bilateral cooperation issues.