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SOCAR PRESIDENT MEETS US DEPUTY COMMERCE SECRETARY

30.10.2008 [22:53]
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President of Azerbaijan`s state oil firm, SOCAR, Rovnag Abdullayev met with US Deputy Secretary of Commerce John Sullivan.

During the conversation, Abdullayev praised the United States` assisting Azerbaijan in realizing its energy projects, including the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil and Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum gas ones, which he described as a success.

SOCAR`s President also informed Sullivan on preparation process for the second stage of the Shahdeniz gas project.

Touching on the World Bank`s report praising economic reforms in Azerbaijan, John Sullivan described the fact as the result of very a favorable business environment created in the country under the leadership of President Ilham Aliyev.

Sullivan also praised SOCAR`s achievements, saying Azerbaijan is greatly contributing to providing Europe`s energy security.