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Tuesday, 11 July 2006
AZERBAIJAN HEAD TO ATTEND BTC UNVEILING
By empty (7/11/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Azerbaijan\'s president is expected to attend the unveiling of a new pipeline linking the Caspian Sea to Turkish ports for oil transport. Azeri President Ilham Aliyev will head to Istanbul this week to join a delegation from Azerbaijan as well as Georgia and Turkey, including their presidents, Turan News Agency reported. All will attend a ceremony July 12 marking the opening of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan, or BTC, oil pipeline.
Azerbaijan\'s president is expected to attend the unveiling of a new pipeline linking the Caspian Sea to Turkish ports for oil transport. Azeri President Ilham Aliyev will head to Istanbul this week to join a delegation from Azerbaijan as well as Georgia and Turkey, including their presidents, Turan News Agency reported. All will attend a ceremony July 12 marking the opening of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan, or BTC, oil pipeline. The BTC will take Caspian Sea oil and funnel it through Azerbaijan and Georgia into Ceyhan, Turkey. (UPI)