Azerbaijan elected member of Council of International Renewable Energy Agency

According to the decision adopted at the 13th Session of the Assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Azerbaijan was elected a member of the IRENA Council for 2023-2024, Report informs, citing the Ministry of Energy.

According to the Charter of the Institution, the Council consists of 21 members in 4 regional groups. The group in which Azerbaijan is included contains a total of 52 countries, and only 7 countries - Azerbaijan, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, the US, and Canada - have been elected as members of the Council.

The IRENA Council has some powers to organize the activities of the organization and performs the functions entrusted to it by the Assembly.