The Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, announced that Turkey is considering initiating cooperation with Azerbaijan on conducting joint drilling and exploration operations in the Libyan oil industry.

In press statements, Erdogan stated that both countries could potentially work in the hydrocarbon sector in Turkey, Libya and various other countries, along with participating in the oil refining business.

Erdogan added that apart from the aforementioned project, it may be possible that both countries could begin other projects, adding that Turkey and Azerbaijan could work together in Libya.