OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS

Dear Mr. President,

Please accept my sincere congratulations on the occasion of your birthday. I wish you and your family good health and prosperity.

Taking this opportunity, I would like to congratulate you and the people of your country on the occasion of the forthcoming Solidarity Day of World Azerbaijanis and the New Year. I convey my best wishes for continued success and well-being to you and the people of Azerbaijan.

I am very grateful for your recognition of our role and efforts, and appreciate the high state award you have recently decorated me with.

We at BP attach great importance to Azerbaijan and are very proud of our operations here. Over the course of these years we have delivered significant projects in the region. In this regard I would like to thank you personally for your valuable support of our projects and operations. We also highly appreciate the cooperation with the Government of Azerbaijan and look forward to continuing this fruitful and sustainable cooperation in the future.

We would also like to reiterate that BP remains true to its commitments to the Government of Azerbaijan and will do everything it can to implement them.

Yours sincerely,

Gordon Birrell

BP Regional President

Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey