Azer Tag, Azerbaijan State Info Agency
June 1 2004
SUCCESSFULLY REALIZED LARGE-SCALE PROJECTS ARE COMMON US-AZERBAIJAN
ACHIEVEMENTS
PRESIDENT OF THE AZERBAIJAN REPUBLIC ILHAM ALIYEV RECEIVES US
PRESIDENT’S SPECIAL ADVISOR ON CASPIAN ENERGY DIPLOMACY
[June 01, 2004, 21:58:27]
President of the Azerbaijan Republic Ilham Aliyev received the US
President’s special advisor on Caspian energy diplomacy, ambassador
Steven Mann, on 1 June.
Noting that the Conference-Exhibition starting today in Baku has been
conducted for 11 years, President Ilham Aliyev assessed the event as
a notable success. Today, the participants of the Exhibition total
340. Traditional events usually attract less interest. But interest in
the Exhibition-Conference, on the contrary, rises year by year. Of
course, this is connected with the significant and large-scale
projects. Azerbaijan is attractive for the foreign companies,
investors, and service firms.
President Ilham Aliyev further said: “First of all, I would like to
ask you to convey my gratitude to the US President for kind letter.
You presented it this morning. It is important and is a strong impetus
for our relations. I am rather pleased with it. I am convinced that
our cooperation in energy and other fields will successfully continue
in the coming years”.
Expressing his gratitude to Azerbaijan president for warm words, Mr.
Steven Mann appraised the today’s Exhibition-Conference as a landmark
event. In this oil-gas fair you have displayed your accomplishments
gained during the passed 11 years. I present the letter of President
Bush to You with a feeling of pride. In this letter, he expresses his
congratulations and personal greetings to You. My country is pleased
with cooperation in energy field and we have reached great success
in this direction. Next year, the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline
will be put into operation. Today’s arrangement clearly demonstrated
that Azerbaijan is a very attractive country for the energy companies
and other investors. Today, Your Country’s cooperation with the US
ambassador Reno Harnish and other investors is high level”.
The achievements gained in the oil and gas field are common
success of Azerbaijan and the United States, President Ilham Aliyev
emphasized. “Successful realization of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan MEP
became possible due to strong support by the United States, and You,
Mr. Ambassador, have made your own contributions to these successes.
I am eyewitness of your efforts in this direction and would like once
again to stress that these are our common successes. I am confident
that these successes will continue in the coming years as well.
In the course of meeting, stating that Ambassador Steven Mann has
another important mission – he is the co-chair of the OSCE Minsk
Group for settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorny Karabakh
conflict, President Ilham Aliyev had comprehensive exchange of views
on resolution to the problem.
Ambassador of the United States to Azerbaijan Reno Harnish attended
the reception.