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  • BAKU: Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev Meets British Prime Ministe

    AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV MEETS BRITISH PRIME MINISTER GORDON BROWN

    APA
    July 13 2009
    Azerbaijan

    Baku - APA. Within the framework of his visit to Great Britain,
    President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev had a meeting with British Prime
    Minister Gordon Brown.

    APA reports quoting AzerTAG State Agency that the British Prime
    Minister congratulated the Azerbaijani President for the economic
    successes achieved in the country. He noted that the cooperation with
    Azerbaijan was successfully developing in various spheres, including
    energy field.

    Touching upon Azerbaijan's participation in an anti-terror coalition,
    Gordon Brown stated that Great Britain highly assessed Azerbaijan's
    activity in this direction.

    Mr. Brown also congratulated President Aliyev for successes achieved
    in the field of democracy and positively estimated the expansion of
    relations between Azerbaijan and the European Union. He emphasized
    that Great Britain would support Azerbaijan in different fields in
    the international arena henceforth: "We are committed to expending the
    relations with Azerbaijan in political, economic and other spheres".

    President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev noted that relations with Great
    Britain in political, economic and other spheres were successfully
    developing. Energy field is one of the most important directions
    of the mutual relations. Cooperation between Azerbaijan and BP has
    dynamically been developing for long years. There are good perspectives
    for further development of other fields.

    President Aliyev spoke about the successes achieved in economic field,
    including energy and non-oil sector. According to him, Azerbaijan has
    been integrating into the European family at an accelerated pace and
    added that the cooperation between Azerbaijan and the European Union
    stepped into a new stage from this point of view.

    Touching upon the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno Karabakh,
    Ilham Aliyev stated that Armenia's continuous aggression against
    Azerbaijan created great obstacle to the regional development. The
    head of state underlined that Azerbaijan actively participated in the
    anti-terror coalition and made contributions to the maintenance of
    regional and international security. The President also shared his
    views on Azerbaijan's role in the energy security of Europe.

    The meeting also exchanged views on bilateral, regional and
    international issues.

    After the meeting, a MoU was signed between State Oil Company of
    Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) and BP Company of Great Britain. The
    document was signed by SOCAR President Rovnag Abdullayev and Chief
    Executive of BP Exploration & Production Andy Inglis.
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