POLITICS
GOVERNMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN HIGHLY ESTIMATES ACHIEVEMENTS OF AZERBAIJAN IN THE FIELD OF OIL INCOMES TRANSPARENCY
During the meeting, Mr. Samir Sharifov has informed the official representative of the Great Britain that at the conference taken place on June 17, 2003 in London and dedicated to oil incomes transparency, President Ilham Aliyev has stated that the delegation headed by him joins the said initiative, and also on creation in November of the last year on the basis of the order issued by the Cabinet according to order of the President of Azerbaijan, the national commission in staff of representatives of the ministries for realization of the initiative, and about the work done by it till now.
The state minister William Rammel has declared that the government of the Great Britain highly estimates successes achieved by the government of Azerbaijan in the field of transparency of oil incomes. He said that he is well informed on the briefing organized by the government of Azerbaijan on April 22, 2004 in London for representatives of the governments of the Great Britain and Norway, the oil companies, international financial institutions and the non-governmental organizations.
Chairman of the commission on transparency initiative in the industries occupied in the extraction of natural resources, S. Sharifov has emphasized that Azerbaijan has saved up sufficient experience in the field of the transparency initiative and has noted, that it would be useful to all participants.
Taking into account that Azerbaijan is the pilot country in the field of the transparency initiative, during the meeting, discussed were the ways of connection to the initiative and other countries, the companies, and also other questions representing mutual interest.