Tbilisi, Baku Pledge Cooperation

(Tbilisi, September 9, 2003, Civil Georgia) – The Secretary of the National Security Council of Georgia Tedo Japaridze met with the Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in Baku on September 4.

According to the Georgian President’s press office, Tedo Japaridze expressed hope that Aliyev’s meeting with the Prime Minister post will foster bilateral cooperation.

The sides discussed further cooperation in all spheres, including the implementation of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline project.

Ilham Aliyev said the implementation of the BTC project will strengthen relations between the !
two countries.