Azerbaijan was actively involved in regional economic bodies and infrastructure projects, and was keenly interested in exploring potential interregional cooperation opportunities through the construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline and the Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum gas pipeline (BTC and BTE) between the Caspian and the Mediterranean Seas.
L'Azerbaïdjan est présent dans les organisations économiques régionales et dans les grands ouvrages régionaux.