Urban Rusnák

Secretary General of the Energy Charter. Retweets do not necessarily represent an endorsement.

[Urban Rusnák @SecGenEnCharter]

Launch of the @Energy_Charter flagship publication #EIRA2021 in a hybrid mode event in Brussels. 34 countries from all around the world participated year in monitoring & evaluation of #energy #investment climate. Overall incremental improvement recorded despite COVID-19 pandemic

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#WorldEnergyWeek LIVE 2021 is over! Thank you to all the speakers and hosts, and thank you to all those who tuned in this week. Want to continue the conversation? Look forward to @WECongress 2022 in St Petersburg and be sure to stay tuned for more #humanisingenergy

[Urban Rusnák @SecGenEnCharter]

Welcome to Brussels! Courtesy visit of the new Ambassador of #Azerbaidjan in Brussels, HE Vaqif Sadiqov at the @Energy_Charter Secretariat. Current #Energy development in 🇦🇿, #ECT modernisation and global energy landscape discussed.

[Urban Rusnák @SecGenEnCharter]

‘#Kazakhstan considers #ECT provisions imbalanced in favour of investors. However, overall number of arbitrations is decreasing steadily’ Minister of Justice M.Beketayev said at the meeting in Nur-Sultan today. 🇰🇿 will play more active role in modernisation negotiations

[Urban Rusnák @SecGenEnCharter]

World Energy Week #WEC - IX Eurasian Forum #KAZENERGY is starting today in snowy Nur-Sultan, 🇰🇿 and globally. Looking forward to stimulating discussions, useful networking and bright ideas! @KAZENERGY_COM

[Urban Rusnák @SecGenEnCharter]

Stocktaking meeting in #NurSultan with recently appointed #Kazakhstan’s Minister of Energy, HE M.Mirzagaliev, previously Min of Ecology. Remarkable #ecological evolution from oil&gas executives at top post in 🇰🇿. @Energy_Charter and its modernisation remains a top priority.

[Urban Rusnák @SecGenEnCharter]

Fruitful meeting with Mr Serik Aidarbekov, First Deputy Head (Akim) of Atyrau region of #Kazakhstan. Foreign investments in the ‘Kazakhstan’s Oil Capital’ as well as energy transition’s challenges and international trends were discussed in detail.

[Urban Rusnák @SecGenEnCharter]

Excellent discussion w/ HE Ruslan Kazakbaev, MiFA of #Kyrgyzstan in Brussels yesterday. Frankly & friendly exchanges on important topics like energy, regional cooperation, relations with EU and development. Looking forward to contribute to EU-CA Economic Forum Forum, Bishkek, 🇰🇬

[Urban Rusnák @SecGenEnCharter]

Concluding meeting of the Uzbekistan’s in-depth energy efficiency review of the @Energy_Charter held in Tashkent on 24 September. Recommendations to be discussed and approved by the Energy Charter Conference

[Urban Rusnák @SecGenEnCharter]

HE Od Och visited the @Energy_Charter Secretariat to start preparations for the Mongolian Chairmanship 2022. 🇲🇳 will chair the #EnergyCharter process and host the ministerial meeting in Ulaanbaatar. Amb Och will complete his duties in Brussels soon - Best wishes my dear friend!

[Urban Rusnák @SecGenEnCharter]

Fruitful and friendly meeting with Minister of Energy of Uzbekistan HE Mr Alisher Sultanov and his team. #Energyefficiency report, regional energy cooperation and #ECT modernisation discussed in detail. Thanks to 🇺🇿 hospitality!

[Urban Rusnák @SecGenEnCharter]

Central and South Asia, Regional Connectivity, Challenges and Opportunities, international conferance opens in Tashkent, 🇺🇿. President of Uzbekistan Sh. Mirziyoyev focused on need for renewal of historical ties between two regions for future peace and development.

[Urban Rusnák @SecGenEnCharter]

Excellent discussion about strategic policy planning with Mr Obid Khakimov, director of the #Uzbekistan’s Center for Economic Research and Reforms in Tashkent and Mr Sherzod Khodjaev, Deputy Minister of Energy 🇺🇿.

[Urban Rusnák @SecGenEnCharter]

HE Tchary ATAYEV, opening the celebrations of 30th anniversary of the independence of #Turkmenistan in Brussels. ⁦@Energy_Charter⁩ Secretariat congratulates!

[Urban Rusnák @SecGenEnCharter]

@anna_cavazzini @pcanfin @IISD_ELP @LSchaugg @ClientEarth @VeblenInstitute @kvanbrempt @MariePierreV According to the #ECT, members are sovereign not to allow future investment in any sector they don’t like, including fossil fuels.

[Urban Rusnák @SecGenEnCharter]

@anna_cavazzini @pcanfin @IISD_ELP @LSchaugg @ClientEarth @VeblenInstitute @kvanbrempt @MariePierreV Short exchange of views today with the esteemed MEP A.Cavazzini was hardly enough to discuss main issues of #ECT, its impact on the energy in Europe. Globally since 2012 there were 78 ECT cases recorded in RENEWABLES vs 24 cases in FOSSILS vs 1 case in NUCLEAR.

[Urban Rusnák @SecGenEnCharter]

@Energy_Charter Secretariat stands ready to work closely with #UK Government and other Parties for a successful @COP26 meeting. #ECT is the part of the solution, not a problem. Strong support for treaty modernisation! https://t.co/RQjUJtG2aV

[Urban Rusnák @SecGenEnCharter]

Thanks to Mr Ilkhom Nimatullaev, seconded expert from #Uzbekistan for his excellent contribution to the in-depth Energy Efficiency Review of 🇺🇿. Good luck in your future assignments!

[Urban Rusnák @SecGenEnCharter]

@ClaudeTurmes @KadriSimson @TimmermansEU Actually negotiating delegations have a different view: good progress was made see also https://t.co/f7TgVDPbvN ‘Phasing out fossil fuels’ idea for the first time presented by several delegates and discussed. @Energy_Charter Secretariat facilitates further exchanges in March

[Urban Rusnák @SecGenEnCharter]

#ECT modernisation negotiations are being fruitful and progressing well. Definitions of: investment, ‘charter’, ‘economic activity in the energy sector’, ‘investment’, ‘investor’, ‘fair & equitable treatment’, ‘indirect expropriation’ were discussed. See https://t.co/f7TgVDPbvN