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Azerbaijani ambassador to U.S. Elin Suleymanov has held several meetings with officials during his visit to Illinois, U.S, the Azerbaijani embassy in the U.S told Trend news agency.

The representatives of various state agencies, businessmen, members of the Turkish community, as well as Australia's and Israel's Consuls General in Chicago attended the working lunch, given by Speaker Michael Madigan in honor of the Azerbaijani diplomat.

In his speech, the ambassador informed the participants about the geo-strategic position of Azerbaijan's foreign policy, the relations between the two countries. Suleymanov called the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline as the U.S most successful project in the region. He stressed the importance of expressing the political support by the U.S. to other energy projects which are on the agenda, in particular, TANAP.

The ambassador met with Illinois governor Pat Quinn. The sides exchanged the views on possible cooperation between Illinois and Azerbaijan. The governor said that mutual investments and the establishment of the relations between the universities will be useful.

The Azerbaijani ambassador also addressed the teachers and students of the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, which is considered one of the U.S most prestigious universities. Suleymanov informed the participants about the successful oil diplomacy of the country, infrastructure and energy projects which are on the agenda. The ambassador added that Armenia's involvement in these projects will be useful for the full regional integration. But the main condition is the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement within Azerbaijan's territorial integrity.