Azerbaijan, Baku, Aug,12 / Trend, E.Ismayilov/
Polish President Bronisław Komorowski awarded Sarmatia IPC Board Chairman, SOCAR Deputy Vice-President Vitaliy Baylarbayev the Silver Cross of Merit of Poland for his merits before Poland Republic, "Sarmatia" IPC said.
Baylarbayev is awarded for the development of the Polish-Azerbaijani cooperation in energy sector.
As Sarmatia IPC General Director Sergey Skripka told Trend on Friday, awarding Baylarbayev is assessing his activity in development of bilateral relations, the Polish side's attitude toward the Euro-Asian Oil Transportation Corridor project, as well as appreciation of cooperation between Azerbaijan and Poland.
Sarmatia was created on July 12, 2004, by Ukrtransnafta and Polish company PERN Przyjazn ti attract investment for the design and completion of the Odessa-Brody pipeline to Plotsk.
Sarmatia's participants include SOCAR, the Georgian Oil and Gas Corporation Ltd. (GOGC), Ukrainian Ukrtransnafta, Polish Przedsiebiorstwo Eksploatacji Rurociagow Naftowych Przyjazn SA and Lithuanian AB Klaipedos Nafta with equity participation of 24.75 percent of key players and one percent in the Lithuanian company.