Aliyev meets oil major execs

President Ilham Aliyev held meetings with executives of the world’s two major oil companies on Friday.

The Vice-President of French Total on Central Europe and Continental Asia, Arnaud Breuillac said during the meeting that Aliyev’s recent official visit to France was of great significance for expanding relations and economic cooperation between the two countries.

President Aliyev said Total had been successfully operating in Azerbaijan for many years and expressed hope that its cooperation with the country would be continued.

US Chevron Corporation’s Vice-Chairman of the Board, Peter Robertson, in a meeting with President Aliyev, praised Azerbaijan’s achievements in the energy sector, in particular, the construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil and the Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum gas pipelines.

The two also exchanged views on the prospects for cooperation between Chevron and Azerbaijan.*