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President Aliyev holds several meetings in Davos [UPDATE /PHOTO]

19 January 2017 10:21 (UTC+04:00)
President Aliyev holds several meetings in Davos [UPDATE /PHOTO]

By Trend

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev held several meetings in Davos, where he will attend the World Economic Forum scheduled for January 17-20.

President Aliyev met with President of the Swiss Confederation Doris Leuthard in Davos, Switzerland on January 17.

Leuthard extended congratulations on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of establishment of Azerbaijan`s state independence. The President said relations between the two countries developed in various fields. President Doris Leuthard said cooperation between Azerbaijan and Switzerland have covered new fields, adding successful relations were established in the financial sector. The President said both countries fruitfully cooperated in the field of energy.

The President recalled with pleasure the visit of President Doris Leuthard to the country. The head of state said successful partnership existed between Azerbaijan and Switzerland.

He spoke about the reforms carried out in Azerbaijan in various fields, as well as the works done in the country in eliminating the impacts of sharp decline of oil prices in the world and the development of economy and diversification of economy and export.

The head of state said the country has great transit opportunities. President Ilham Aliyev noted Azerbaijan turned to an important transport transit centre.

During the meeting, existence of good cooperation between the two countries in the field of railway was emphasized.

They exchanged views on prospects of cooperation in the TAP and TANAP projects, as well as in the fields of investment, finance, credit, agriculture, pharmaceutics.

President Aliyev also met with Chief Executive Officer ofBP Robert Dudley.

The recent visit of Chief Executive Officer of BP Robert Dudley to Azerbaijan was recalled with pleasure. Successful development of cooperation between BP and SOCAR, as well as BP`s being the biggest investor in Azerbaijan was emphasized. Ongoing works in Azeri-Chırag-Gunashli fields were discussed.

During the conversation, they exchanged views on the successful implementation and prospects of Southern Gas Corridor, TAP, TANAP projects.

Later President Aliyev met with founder and managing director ofVPS Healthcare of the United Arab Emirates Shamsheer Vayalil.

During the meeting, high level of cooperation between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the United Arab Emirates was emphasized. Good prospects of relations between Azerbaijan and VPS Healthcare in the field of health were stressed.

They discussed issues of cooperation in this field.

The head of state then met with Chief Executive Officer of LafargeHolcim Eric Olsen, who informed the head of state about the works done and opportunities of the Group in the field of protection of the environment, as well as waste incineration.

Eric Olsen described Azerbaijan as an attractive country in terms of cooperation. The CEO said they were ready to establish relations with Azerbaijan.

During the conversation, they exchanged views on the prospects of cooperation.

As part of the visit, President Aliyev met with Prime Minister, Minister of State of Luxembourg Xavier Bettel.

Prime Minister, Minister of State of Luxembourg Xavier Bettel said his country was interested in boosting relations with Azerbaijan in various fields, as well as in the areas of finance and investment.

Bettel said there is successful cooperation between Azerbaijan and Luxembourg in the field of air cargo, adding the areas of ICT, space, industry, banking, and finance developed in his country. The Prime Minister said his country was ready to the cooperation with Azerbaijan in these fields.

President Aliyev said Azerbaijan was interested in cooperation with Luxembourg in various fields. The head of state said the special attention was paid to the development of ICT in the country. Ilham Aliyev said government allocated great investment to this field.

The head of state said space industry developed in Azerbaijan. President Ilham Aliyev noted the country was interested in cooperation with Luxembourg in these fields.

During the conversation, they exchanged views on the prospects of cooperation in fields of mutual investment, high-technologies.

On January 18, President Aliyev met with Executive Chairman of CISCO John Chambers.

President Aliyev also had a meeting with Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Palantir Technologies Alex Karp.

Then the head of state met with Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Khalid Al-Falih.

President Aliyev met with European Commission Vice-President for Energy Union Maros Sefcovic on January 18.

During the meeting, the sides expressed satisfaction with the existing cooperation between Azerbaijan and the European Union in the field of energy.

The current plans related to the Southern Gas Corridor, TANAP and TAP projects, as well as Ionian Adriatic Pipeline were discussed. It was noted that another Ministerial Meeting within the Southern Gas Corridor Advisory Council will be held in Baku in next month.

They exchanged views on the issues related to the financing the TAP, TANAP and Shahdeniz projects.

Then President Aliyev met with President of Russia’s LUKOIL Vagit Alekperov.

The president expressed satisfaction with the cooperation between Azerbaijan and LUKOIL company. The head of state said the company`s activity in Azerbaijan has a good history. President Ilham Aliyev highly appreciated participation of LUKOIL company in the projects carried out in Azerbaijan.

Alekperov said the relations of the company he led with SOCAR has a strategic importance. The president of Russian LUKOIL company expressed satisfaction with the cooperation in various directions.

During the conversation, issues related to the measures carried out regarding the Shahdeniz project, transportation of the oil being produced by LUKOIL in the Russian sector of Caspian Sea through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline, as well as prospects of the oil price in the world were discussed.

President Aliyev also met with Chief Executive Officer of Statoil Eldar Saetre.

Saetre recalled with pleasure his participation in the opening ceremony of the first European Games in Baku, adding this influential event was successfully held. Eldar Saetre said Azerbaijan by hosting European Games defined the standards of these races.

President Aliyev said cooperation between Azerbaijan and Statoil has a great history. The head of state said the relations has a successful and sustainable character. President Ilham Aliyev said the company`s activity served to development of bilateral cooperation.

During the conversation, issues related to the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli, Karabakh, Ashrafi, Dan Ulduzu, Aypara fields, as well as cooperation between SOCAR and Statoil were discussed.

Later the head of state met with Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum Klaus Schwab.

President Aliyev thanked Klaus Schwab for inviting him again to the World Economic Forum. The head of state said fruitful cooperation was created between Azerbaijan and the World Economic Forum.

He said this cooperation was fully compatible with the objective of improving the situation in the world countries.

The head of state said significant measures were carried out in Azerbaijan for ensuring the security and restoring the stability.

President Aliyev stressed the importance of geographical place of Azerbaijan. The head of state said this factor created opportunity for successful realization of large transnational projects, as well as North-South, East-West corridors and other projects.

The president spoke about the ongoing development processes in the country over the last years. The head of state said Azerbaijan entered a new development stage. President Ilham Aliyev noted that impressive measures were carried out in the country for diversification of economy and export.

The head of state said meetings held within the Davos Forum resulted in realization of several important projects. President Ilham Aliyev said the influential international events were held in Azerbaijan over the last years.

The head of state noted that Baku successfully hosted the first European Games.

Ilham Aliyev described the visit of Pope Francis to Azerbaijan as an example of attention paid to the high tolerance environment in the country.

Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum Klaus Schwab said there is fruitful cooperation between Azerbaijan and the World Economic Forum, adding that President Ilham Aliyev’s participation in the Forum contributed to bilateral cooperation.

Klaus Schwab said he eye-witnessed the strong development during his visit to Azerbaijan and spoke about the beauty of Baku.

Schwab said security and stability in Azerbaijan played a significant role in the country’s development.

He said great work was done in Azerbaijan over the last years, adding that Baku hosted influential international events. The executive chairman of the World Economic Forum highly appreciated the tolerance environment in Azerbaijan.

During the conversation, the sides exchanged views on the issues of mutual interest.

The next meeting of President Aliyev met with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.

During the meeting, the sides expressed satisfaction with the development of relations between the two countries in political, economic and other fields. The importance of the visit of the Ukrainian President to Azerbaijan in terms of boosting relations were emphasized. Active cooperation of both countries in international organizations, as well as always support of each other`s sovereignty and territorial integrity was stressed.

They exchanged views over the boosting cooperation in the fields of investment, energy, agriculture, infrastructure.

During the conversation, issues related to the bilateral and mutual interest were discussed.

President Aliyev also met with corporate vice president of Worldwide Public Sector at Microsoft Toni Townes-Whitley in Davos.

During the meeting, economic reforms carried out in Azerbaijan`s new stage of development were spoken. It was noted that development of the information-communication technologies was one of the priority fields. The importance of use of information communication technologies in modernizing of the national economy was emphasized.

During the conversation, they exchanged views over the boosting cooperation between Azerbaijan and Microsoft.

President Aliyev also met with head of the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government Masoud Barzani in Davos.

Azerbaijani President noted historical and cultural relations existed between the nations. The head of state recalled that Masoud Barzani`s father once lived in Azerbaijan.

Masoud Barzani thanked the head of state for commemorating his father, adding that he recalled with pleasure his memories about Baku.

During the meeting, the possibility of exploring the opportunities for cooperation between Azerbaijan and the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government in the energy, trade, export-import and other directions was stressed.

Masoud Barzani said Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government was interested in cooperation with Azerbaijan`s companies over the various projects, adding there were good opportunities for boosting relations.

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President Aliyev holds several meetings in Davos [UPDATE /PHOTO] - Gallery Image
President Aliyev holds several meetings in Davos [UPDATE /PHOTO] - Gallery Image
President Aliyev holds several meetings in Davos [UPDATE /PHOTO] - Gallery Image
President Aliyev holds several meetings in Davos [UPDATE /PHOTO] - Gallery Image
President Aliyev holds several meetings in Davos [UPDATE /PHOTO] - Gallery Image
President Aliyev holds several meetings in Davos [UPDATE /PHOTO] - Gallery Image
President Aliyev holds several meetings in Davos [UPDATE /PHOTO] - Gallery Image
President Aliyev holds several meetings in Davos [UPDATE /PHOTO] - Gallery Image
President Aliyev holds several meetings in Davos [UPDATE /PHOTO] - Gallery Image
President Aliyev holds several meetings in Davos [UPDATE /PHOTO] - Gallery Image
President Aliyev holds several meetings in Davos [UPDATE /PHOTO] - Gallery Image
President Aliyev holds several meetings in Davos [UPDATE /PHOTO] - Gallery Image
President Aliyev holds several meetings in Davos [UPDATE /PHOTO] - Gallery Image
President Aliyev holds several meetings in Davos [UPDATE /PHOTO] - Gallery Image
President Aliyev holds several meetings in Davos [UPDATE /PHOTO] - Gallery Image
President Aliyev holds several meetings in Davos [UPDATE /PHOTO] - Gallery Image
President Aliyev holds several meetings in Davos [UPDATE /PHOTO] - Gallery Image
President Aliyev holds several meetings in Davos [UPDATE /PHOTO] - Gallery Image
President Aliyev holds several meetings in Davos [UPDATE /PHOTO] - Gallery Image
President Aliyev holds several meetings in Davos [UPDATE /PHOTO] - Gallery Image
President Aliyev holds several meetings in Davos [UPDATE /PHOTO] - Gallery Image
President Aliyev holds several meetings in Davos [UPDATE /PHOTO] - Gallery Image
President Aliyev holds several meetings in Davos [UPDATE /PHOTO] - Gallery Image
President Aliyev holds several meetings in Davos [UPDATE /PHOTO] - Gallery Image
President Aliyev holds several meetings in Davos [UPDATE /PHOTO] - Gallery Image
President Aliyev holds several meetings in Davos [UPDATE /PHOTO] - Gallery Image
President Aliyev holds several meetings in Davos [UPDATE /PHOTO] - Gallery Image
President Aliyev holds several meetings in Davos [UPDATE /PHOTO] - Gallery Image
President Aliyev holds several meetings in Davos [UPDATE /PHOTO] - Gallery Image
President Aliyev holds several meetings in Davos [UPDATE /PHOTO] - Gallery Image
President Aliyev holds several meetings in Davos [UPDATE /PHOTO] - Gallery Image
President Aliyev holds several meetings in Davos [UPDATE /PHOTO] - Gallery Image
President Aliyev holds several meetings in Davos [UPDATE /PHOTO] - Gallery Image
President Aliyev holds several meetings in Davos [UPDATE /PHOTO] - Gallery Image
President Aliyev holds several meetings in Davos [UPDATE /PHOTO] - Gallery Image
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