Aliyev meets outgoing BP exec
BAKU – Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev received on Tuesday BP executive vice president Andy Inglis over completion of his tenure.
Inglis said BP and Azerbaijan enjoy strong partnership. He noted various projects, including Shah Deniz 2 gas field are progressing successfully under the Azerbaijani President’s leadership.
According to Inglis, more than one billion of crude oil was transported via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline.
Inglis also said 2010 saw great accomplishments in cooperation between BP and Azerbaijan.
President Aliyev highly valued the contribution that Inglis had made to development of cooperation between BP and Azerbaijan during his tenure. Aliyev called 2010 year "successful" in terms of cooperation between Azerbaijan and BP, saying great job had been done this year.
Touching upon the issues agreed for this year, the president expressed hope that the planned projects would serve long-term partnership between BP and Azerbaijan in coming decades.
He hailed the current level of cooperation, saying it has strategic importance.
The President also expressed confidence that bilateral cooperation would continue successfully on Shah Deniz, Shafaq, Asiman, Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli and other projects.
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