President Ilham Aliyev met with President and CEO of the “Statoil ASA” company, Helge Lund

26 January 2011, 22:30
President Ilham Aliyev met with President and CEO of the “Statoil ASA” company, Helge Lund

President Ilham Aliyev met with President and CEO of the “Statoil ASA” company, Helge Lund, in Davos.

President and CEO of the “Statoil ASA” company, Helge Lund, noted the long-term successful cooperation between Azerbaijan and his company, and highly appreciated the contributions made by the President of Azerbaijan personally to deepening of this cooperation.

“Cooperation with Azerbaijan is one of the highest priority directions of our strategy” – said Helge Lund, adding that he attached great importance to cooperation with Azerbaijan.

The President also highlighted the fruitful cooperation between Azerbaijan and “Statoil’ and expressed confidence in further development of this cooperation.

President Ilham Aliyev highly appreciated participation of “Statoil” in exploitation of the “Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli” fields and the investments put by the company in Azerbaijan.

Views were exchanged on the current state and prospects of cooperation between Azerbaijan and “Statoil” during the meeting.