He stated that Azerbaijan is a leader in the region and an economic powerhouse. Angus MacNeil also pushed for more support from the West in resolving the occupation of Nagorno-Karabakh and implementing the four outstanding UN Security Council Resolutions demanding the withdrawal of Armenian forces:
"Azerbaijan is a country roughly the size of Scotland and a Western ally that, for the past 19 years, has supplied oil and gas to Europe through the BP-led Azerbaijan International Operating Company (AIOC).
There are many synergies between Scottish energy expertise and Azerbaijan. In Scotland, BP employs more than 2,500 people and, over the years, these have included several hundred Azerbaijanis. Likewise, many Scottish oil experts have made new lives working in Baku. Azerbaijan is already the sixth largest export market for Scotland’s oil and gas service/supply base, with a number of our leading companies operating there, including the Wood Group, RBG, Highland Rope Access International, and Fergusson Seacabs.
Azerbaijan is now a regional player and an economic powerhouse. Its relationship with the UK will grow wider as well as deeper, as Scottish companies help develop other sectors of the economy in the same way that was integral to the massive success of the energy sector.
In order to foster and grow this relationship, the West should be more proactive in supporting Azerbaijan in the region and in pushing for a solution to the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, in line with international law and the four UN Security Council Resolutions that are yet to be implemented."
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