Minster of Emergencies of Azerbaijan Kamaladdin Heydarov on 29 March met with the President of bp-Azerbaijan Company Bill Schrader.

Minister Heydarov congratulated Mr. Bill Schrader on his appointment, and wishing him best, noted successful development in the oil-gas industry of Azerbaijan and highly estimated the role of bp-Azerbaijan in this sphere.

Mr. Heydarov spoke of the goals and tasks of the Ministry he leads. He noted that the mentioned Company has serious tasks in fulfillment of the rules of safety, as well as compliance of standards in the said direction.

Bill Schrader, in turn, thanked for congratulations, noting that the Company is going to strengthen its cooperation relations, established with the Azerbaijan Government, especially with the Ministry of Emergencies. He dwelt on prospects of links in the framework of close interaction of his Company in capacity of operator of the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli, BTC, Shahdeniz projects and South Caucasus pipelines and his partners with the Government of Azerbaijan.

Parties had comprehensive exchange of views on a number of other questions of mutual interest.