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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev meets British Prime Minister Gordon Brown

13 July 2009 16:49 (UTC +04:00)

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 Azerbaijanâ€™s participation in an anti-terror coalition, Gordon Brown stated that Great Britain highly assessed Azerbaijanâ€™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: â€œWe are committed to expending the relations with Azerbaijan in political, economic and other spheresâ€.

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 Armeniaâ€™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 Azerbaijanâ€™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.