Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 3
By Anakhanum Hidayatova – Trend:
Azerbaijan and the UK will discuss energy cooperation during UK Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan Baroness Nicholson’s visit to Azerbaijan November 28–December 1, the UK embassy in Baku told Trend November 3.
According to the message, the Baroness will bring an Oil and Gas Trade Mission to Baku and the possibility of developing partnership between Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR and BP, enhancing oil and gas cooperation, which is part of the UK-Azerbaijan Intergovernmental Commission’s ongoing joint trade activities, will be discussed as part of the visit.
During the visit, Baroness Nicholson is hoping to meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and hold meetings with the country’s ministers and senior officials, the message said.
According to the Azerbaijani State Customs Committee, the trade turnover between Azerbaijan and the UK amounted to 418.06 million manats in January-August 2016, which is 1.5 times more than in the same period of 2015.