OFFICIAL NEWS
PRIME MINISTER OF AZERBAIJAN REPUBLICHIS EXCELLENCYMR. ILHAM ALIYEV
We, Board of Directors of the BTC Pipeline Company, gathering in the Adana city near Ceyhan on our usual meeting, received the news on Your election as President of Azerbaijan and were rather pleased. Permit us, to congratulate You on behalf of the BTC Pipeline Company and its stockholders on this excellent accomplishment. We are convinced that Your election, is accepted in the entire world as the indication of development in the political and economic life of Azerbaijan and as confirmation of the continuation of political stability and economic development that Azerbaijan lives up under the Presidency of Heydar Aliyev in the last ten years.
Your adherence to the far-seeing oil policy of Heydar Aliyev that started in May 1994, in Istanbul, continued by Houston agreement in summer 1994 and then, completed by the “Contract of the Century”, Your invaluable contributions to the earlier oil export route and “Chirag-1” project, Your direct assistance to the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan MEP – construction of the century gives reason for continuation of Your service to create the West-East Energy Corridor aimed at development of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the entire Caucasus region.
We are thankful for permanent support to the project of the construction of the century and permit us to wish You success in the most difficult work in the region.
Sincerely Yours,
Natig Aliyev,
President of BTC Pipeline Company
Michael Townsend,
Chief Executive of the BTC Pipeline Company
David Woodward (BP
Mike Barnes (Unocal)
John Howns (Statoil)
Ali Garagaya (TPAO)
Ion Clod Narrow (TotalFinaElf)
Alberto Lugli (Eni)
Sueji Arase (Itochu)
Arne Holhjem (Conoco Phillips)
Kazuaki Kihara (INPEKS)
Tom Sprinhall (Amerada Hess)
23 October 2003