OFFICIAL NEWS
PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV RECEIVES U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY FOR EURASIAN ENERGY RICHARD MORNINGSTAR
Baku, June 1 (AZERTAC). President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received today U.S. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar and his accompanying delegation.
Richard Morningstar remembered his meeting with national leader Heydar Aliyev when he visited Azerbaijan to attend a groundbreaking ceremony for the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline.
He pointed out BTC has regional and global importance.
Richard Morningstar handed over a letter from U.S. President Barack Obama to the Azerbaijani leader.
President Ilham Aliyev called the construction of BTC “great accomplishment”.
The President noted that other energy projects that Azerbaijan is the initiator and participant of would contribute to expanding international energy cooperation.
The Head of State expressed confidence joint cooperation between the two countries would continue.
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