President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev met with Board Chairman and Non-Executive Director of BP, Carl-Henric Svanberg, in Davos.

Active cooperation between Azerbaijan and BP since 1994 was stressed at the meeting. The importance of BP’s participation in Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil and Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum gas pipelines, exploitation of “Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli” and “Shahdeniz” fields and the agreements signed on “Shafag-Asiman” fields was noted as well.

During the talks, it was mentioned that the cooperation between Azerbaijan and BP carried a strategic character and confidence was expressed in further deepening of this cooperation.

The sides also exchanged views on prospects for cooperation during the meeting.