President Ilham Aliyev meets Executive Director of Int’l Energy Agency in Munich [UPDATE]

15 February 2020 10:48 (UTC+04:00)

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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has met with Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) Fatih Birol in Munich.

Fatih Birol hailed President Ilham Aliyev’s speech at the Energy Security round table held as part of the Munich Security Conference.

The executive director noted that Azerbaijan is known as a very reliable partner in global energy market, describing this as a result of the policy pursued by President Ilham Aliyev.

Azerbaijan’s initiatives within OPEC+format was hailed at the meeting. The importance of the steps taken by Azerbaijan in recent years towards the development of alternative energy resources was emphasized.

The sides also exchanged views on current state of the global energy market.

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