President receives the Duke of York, Prince Andrew

Prince Andrew said his country intends to develop the relations with Azerbaijan. Noting the importance of delivery of the first oil via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline to Ceyhan port, he also stressed that his current visit would promote to better study the development plan of Azerbaijan for coming years.

The Head of the Azerbaijan State with great pleasure reminded Prince Andrew’s first visit to Azerbaijan.

"Azerbaijan is on the new stage of development", the President said, and updated on successful realization of the global energy projects in the country.

During the meeting, also exchanged were views on a number of issues of mutual interest, AzerTAg reports.