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FOURTH ENERGY SUMMIT IN BAKU ENDS
The 4th Energy Summit dedicated to energy security issues took place at the Gulustan palace in Baku on November 14.
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev warmly welcomed Presidents Abdullah Gul of Turkey, Valdas Adamkus of Lithuania, Viktor Yuschenko of Ukraine, Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia, and Lech Kaczynski of Poland, as well as Vice-President of Bulgaria Angel Marin, Prime Ministers Ferenc Gyurcsany of Hungary and Andrus Ansip of Estonia.
Also attending the summit were U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman, EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs, and representatives from more than 20 countries and diplomats.
Prior to the start of the event Heads of State and Government posed together for photographs.
Opening the summit, Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev stressed its importance to his country.
The President spoke of Azerbaijan`s oil and gas potential and large-scale energy projects initiated by the country.
Other speakers at the event included Presidents Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia, Valdas Adamkus of Lithuania, Lech Kaczynski of Poland, Abdullah Gul of Turkey, Viktor Yuschenko of Ukraine, Vice-President of Bulgaria Angel Marin, Prime Ministers Andrus Ansip of Estonia and Ferenc Gyurcsany of Hungary, U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman, EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs, as well as delegates from Romania, Greece, Kazakstan, Italy, Turkmenistan and Latvia.
They praised Azerbaijan`s contribution to ensuring Europe`s energy security.
The speakers also discribed the construction of Odessa-Brody oil pipeline and creation of trans-Baltic transport corridors to deliver Caspian oil and natural gas to the Black and Baltic Sea regions and Central Europe as imperatives of the present time.
The summit ended with the adoption of a Declaration.
Closing the summit, President Ilham Aliyev stressed the importance of the fact that nine European Union countries and European Commission joined the document.
President Ilham Aliyev thanked the summit participants, saying “our activity will be continued in the spirit of cooperation allowing us to reach all our goals.”
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