President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev yesterday met with Chief Executive Officer of Edison Bruno Lescoeur in Davos. They discussed natural gas supplies to the European region.

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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today met here with President of Microsoft International, Vice-President of Microsoft Corporation Jean-Philippe Courtois. Courtois praised the current level of cooperation with Azerbaijan.

He underlined Azerbaijan was an exemplary country in the region in terms of fighting against software piracy. The President of Microsoft International noted the company was ready to cooperate with Azerbaijan in ensuring information security.

President Ilham Aliyev said Azerbaijan attaches great importance to development of information and communication technologies. The Head of State stressed the development of this field was announced the priority in the country.

During the meeting, they again discussed establishment of the Microsoft regional information and computing center in Azerbaijan. They agreed to speed up work in this direction.

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Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan yesterday met here with Markus Akermann, Chief Executive Officer of the Holcim Group, one of the world's leading suppliers of cement and aggregates.

The President expressed satisfaction with the activity of the Holcim group in Azerbaijan, this company`s investments in the country and participation in the construction of the Garadagh cement plant.

For his part, Holcim CEO noted the new cement plant would come on stream later this year. The sides noted it would be an important event in terms of expansion of economic ties.

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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev yesterday met here with Prime Minister of Pakistan Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani. The Pakistani Premier congratulated President Ilham Aliyev on election of Azerbaijan as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council.

During the meeting, they praised bilateral relations between the two countries. The parties stressed the importance of these ties. The Head of State and Premier said Azerbaijan and Pakistan have always supported each other in the bilateral format and within international organizations.

They underlined the importance of continuing this support. They also exchanged views on development of cooperation between the two countries in the fields of oil and gas, infrastructure and agriculture.

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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev yesterday met here with Chief Executive Officer of the RWE company Jurgen Grossmann. During the meeting, they underlined successful cooperation between Azerbaijan and the RWE company continues.

They discussed prospects for cooperation between the country and company. The parties stressed the importance of energy cooperation. President Ilham Aliyev and CEO Jurgen Grossmann also discussed development of the Shah Deniz gas field.

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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev yesterday met Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovych in Davos. During the meeting, they underlined bilateral relations between Azerbaijan and Ukraine were successfully developing in various fields, including political and economic ones.

The presidents discussed prospects for energy cooperation. The parties said the two countries have good potential to expand cooperation even more.

They expressed confidence the Azerbaijan-Ukraine relations would continue to develop.
The Heads of State stressed the importance of high-level reciprocal visits and meetings for expansion of ties.

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26.01.12
17:04

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev on Jan. 26 in Davos met with the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Jakob Kellenberger. The meeting focused on cooperation in humanitarian field, issues related to the missings and hostages.

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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today met Deutsche Bank`s CEO for Central and Eastern Europe Peter Tils and Member of the Management Board Juergen Fitschen in Davos.

They described Azerbaijan as the region`s leader, and stressed the importance of ongoing economic development processes in the country.They also explored prospects for cooperation between Azerbaijan and Deutsche Bank.

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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today met here Georgian Prime Minister Nika Gilauri. Development of relations between the two countries in various spheres, including economy was praised at the meeting.

The sides exchanged views on further development of the relationship between the two states.

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President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan today met with the Executive Chairman and founder of the World Economic Forum Klaus Schwab here. The President and Executive Chairman had comprehensive exchange of views noting Azerbaijan’s active participation at the Forum and the latest economic progress the country reached in versatile fields.

Azerbaijan`s notable economic accomplishments arouse interest of large companies of world and Europe, Klaus Schwab, Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum emphasized. The President of Azerbaijan and WEF`s Executive Chairman stressed importance of future cooperation within new projects.

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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev on Jan. 26 met with European Commissioner for Energy in European Commission Günther Oettinger in Davos. The meeting focused on the development of Southern Gas Corridor project.

The sides emphasized the role of the Joint Declaration on the Southern Gas Corridor signed by the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and President of the European Commission José Manuel Durão Barroso in the development of energy ties.

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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today met Chairman of the Board of Directors of UBS Global Kaspar Villiger in Davos. They discussed the issues of building and developing cooperation between Azerbaijan and UBS, one of the largest banks in Switzerland.

They also explored prospects of building financial cooperation with Azerbaijan`s State Oil Company and State Oil Fund. Kaspar Villiger recalled his visits to Azerbaijan and meetings with national leader Heydar Aliyev. He said Azerbaijan was rapidly developing under President Ilham Aliyev's leadership.

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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today met US Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Robert Hormats in Davos. Robert Hormats conveyed the US President`s and Secretary of State`s greetings to the Azerbaijani leader.

The Under Secretary said the White House praised development processes in Azerbaijan, in particular successful economic and industrial sector reforms. They expressed confidence that anti-corruption measures in Azerbaijan as well as investments in the country`s non-oil sector would be a success.

They exchanged views over a range of regional issues. The Azerbaijani President and the US Under Secretary of State also stressed the importance of a forthcoming meeting of an Azerbaijan-US intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation

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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev yesterday met Chief Executive Officer of the Austrian OMV AG company Gerhard Roiss in Davos. During the meeting, they discussed cooperation between the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan and OMV AG, as well as prospects of the Nabucco gas pipeline project.

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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev yesterday met with Swiss counterpart Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf in Davos. President of Switzerland Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf welcomed President Ilham Aliyev.

During the meeting, they praised the development of the bilateral relations between the two countries, and underlined the necessity of expanding them even more. The presidents noted the importance of energy and environmental cooperation between Azerbaijan and Switzerland. They also discussed a number of other issues of mutual interest.

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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev yesterday met Israeli counterpart Shimon Peres in Davos. During the meeting, the presidents discussed bilateral relations between Azerbaijan and Israel. They also discussed prospects for cooperation in various fields, in particular economics and scientific researches.

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25.01.12
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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today arrived in Switzerland to participate in the annual meeting of World Economic Forum in Davos. President Ilham Aliyev left Zurich for Davos.

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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today left for Switzerland to participate in the annual meeting of World Economic Forum in Davos. At the Heydar Aliyev International Airport, the Head of State was seen off by Prime Minister Arthur Rasizade, head of the Presidential Administration Ramiz Mehdiyev and Baku mayor Hajibala Abutalybov.