President Ilham Aliyev held several official meetings - UPDATE - PHOTOS

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today received former President of Moldova Vladimir Voronin.

They hailed the development of the relations between Azerbaijan and Moldova, and underlined the existence of good opportunities for expansion of the bilateral links.

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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today received Secretary of National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine Andriy Klyuyev.

Andriy Klyuyev presented the Head of State with a book published in Ukraine on the occasion of national leader Heydar Aliyev`s 90th anniversary.

They praised national leader Heydar Aliyev`s role in development of Azerbaijan`s economy as well as expansion of the relations between the two countries.

They stressed the development of the Azerbaijan-Ukraine cooperation in different areas, and expressed confidence that the bilateral ties would continue enhancing.

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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Diplomacy at the U.S. Department of State in the Bureau of Energy Resources Amos Hochstein.
During the meeting, U.S. ambassador to Azerbaijan Richard Morningstar handed over a letter of President Barack Obama to the Head of State.

President Ilham Aliyev thanked the diplomat for the U.S. leader`s letter.

The Azerbaijani President and the U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary stressed the importance of the 20th International Caspian Oil & Gas Exhibition and Conference Incorporating Refining and Petrochemicals.

They also praised development of partnership relations between Azerbaijan and the United States.

President Ilham Aliyev and Amos Hochstein also discussed prospects for bilateral relations between the two countries, and negotiations to settle the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received a British delegation led by member of the parliament, Prime Ministerial Trade Envoy to Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, Charles Hendry.

President Ilham Aliyev thanked for the letter of Prime Minister David Cameron he addressed to the oil-gas conference which started in Baku Tuesday. The Head of State stressed the importance of the fact that stong partnership relations between Azerbaijan and the UK, as well as BP`s long-term activity in Azerbaijan were reflected in the letter. President Ilham Aliyev recalled his meeting with David Cameron held in London last year and discussions on cooperation in the energy sector. The President expressed hope that the energy cooperation would further continue. The Head of State noted Charles Hendry`s visit to Azerbaijan had created good opportunities for the exchange of views on development of relationship between the two countries.

Charles Hendry said the British government was interested in expansion of cooperation with Azerbaijan. He described 2013 as an important year in terms of transportation of Azerbaijan`s gas to Europe.

They also exchanged views on development of the Azerbaijan-UK cooperation in economic, trade, energy and other areas.



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