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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Washington Energy Summit will discuss the role of energy producing countries, including Azerbaijan, in global affairs among a number of other world energy-related issues.

High level policy and industry leaders in the energy sector as well as a number of Obama administration officials and diplomats, including Azerbaijani ambassador Yashar Aliyev will gather this September 23 in Washington, DC to discuss "the intersection between energy policies, resources and technologies from a global perspective", APA reports quoting the summit organizers.

The conference also will focus on how to achieve a practical mix of traditional and alternative fuels to meet the world’s energy needs into the foreseeable future.

Thomas Cromwell, president of the conference organizing company East West Communications pointed out that, while the Obama administration has focused a lot of its attention on alternative sources of energy, such as solar, wind and biofuels, the world still runs on fossil fuels and countries everywhere are concerned with the need to find practical and cost-effective means of meeting their energy requirements.

The Washington Energy Summit will cover a wide range of energy sources, from traditional oil, gas and coal, to nuclear power plants and many of the alternatives being developed around the world.

Delegations from energy supplying countries, including the United Arab Emirates (led by Mohamed Bin Dha’en Al Hamli, Minister of Energy), Angola (led by Minister of Petroleum Jose Maria Botelho de Vasconcelos) and Egypt (led by Minister of Petroleum Amin Sameh Samir Fahmy) have already confirmed their participation. Other notable participants include Catherine Cesarsky, French High Commissioner for Atomic Energy, Konstyantyn Gryshchenko, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister and Kiraitu Murungi, Kenyan Minister for Energy.

A number of Obama administration officials have also been invited. Yashar Aliyev and the Foreign Minister of Ukraine are the only honored speakers from the post-soviet world.

The delegates will discuss if it is possible to reach energy independence and the role of energy producing countries like Azerbaijan in other countries’ energy systems.

The summit will also discuss the lessons learnt from the Mexico Gulf.

Offshore drilling is key issue for the oil reach Caspian Sea as well, particularly, for its Kashagan oilfield.

The conference will also discuss the environmental aspects of the energy development.