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Ilham Aliyev receives representatives of the U.S. State Department
President Ilham Aliyev received the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Policy, Amos Hochstein.
The U.S. diplomat delivered a message from Barack Obama on the occasion of the traditional International Caspian Oil & Gas Exhibition.
The meeting expressed satisfaction with the development of partnership relations between Azerbaijan and the United States, and exchanged views on the prospects of bilateral relations and the settlement of the Karabakh conflict and other issues of mutual interest.
Today Aliyev also received Charles Andrew, the envoy of the British Prime Minister for commercial issues on Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan.
The British representative noted significance of 2013 year in terms of making important decisions on pumping Azerbaijani gas to Europe. -06D-
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