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TURKISH GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS SOCAR’S ACTIVITIES IN TURKEY

06.12.2008 [12:42]
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SOCAR President Rovnag Abdullayev met with Turkish delegation led by State Minister Kursad Tuzmen to attend a business forum, on December 4.

Mr. R. Abdullayev stressed the Company’s special role in expanding cooperation between the two countries.

Recalling that SOCAR acquired a controlling stake in Turkey’s major petrochemical maker Petkim this year and further investment will be made in the Company next years.

Kursad Tuzmen said his Government stands ready to provide any assistance for the expansion of SOCAR’s activities in Turkey.

He stressed that Turkish companies have shown interest in cooperation in the fields such as oil-contaminated land lean-up, shipping and shipbuilding, and gas supply.