BAKU, Azerbaijan, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler traveled to the Azeri capital, Baku, to discuss securing gas exports to his country for the coming winter months.

Guler left for Baku Monday to attend the "Oil and Gas Potential in Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan" conference.

The energy minister is expected to talk with his Azeri counterpart, Natig Aliyev, about increasing exports of natural gas to Turkey by as much as 240 million cubic feet per day, Today's Zaman reported Tuesday.

Guler is also scheduled to meet with Alexander Khetaguri, the Georgian energy minister.

Turkey receives roughly 60 percent of its gas requirements from Russia. Several European and Middle Eastern countries are eying Azerbaijan as a key energy supplier, however.