Baku / 23.01.18 / Turan: Within the framework of participation at the World Davos Economic Forum, the President of Azerbaijan held a number of business meetings.
The program of the visit began with a meeting with Berg Brand, the President of the World Economic Forum. The meeting noted the fruitful cooperation between the World Economic Forum and Azerbaijan, the website of the President of Azerbaijan said.
Further, the head of state met with the CEO of Royal Phillips, France van Houten, with the member of the Board of MasterCard Tim Murphy, and also with the Executive Vice President and General Financial Director of CISCO Kelly Kramer.
In addition, the President of Azerbaijan received the Vice President of Chevron for Corporate Business Development, Jay Prior. Noting the high level of partnership between Chevron and Azerbaijan, Jay Prior expressed confidence that it will continue successfully in the future.
In the framework of the Davos Forum Ilham Aliyev also met with the head of the Russian company Lukoil Vaghit Alekperov.
The Azerbaijani President also met with the head of the Supervisory Board and the Executive Director of the American company Black Rock, Lawrence Fink.
The forum itself starts today under the motto Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World.
Ilham Aliyev will speak at the forum today.
On January 23, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modry will also address the forum, and on the final day, Friday, the speech of US President Donald Trump, who advocates protectionist policy under the slogan America First, is expected.
In addition to Trump and Modi, the program of the forum includes about 70 heads of state and government, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Theresa May and European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker. -06D--
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