BAKU - Energy and Natural Resources Minister Hilmi Guler has said that the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan crude oil pipeline project would be completed in time.
Guler arrived in Azerbaijani capital Baku on Monday to sign the final agreement about the project.
Responding questions of journalists at Baku's Bine Airport, Guler said that all necessary measures were taken to complete the project.
He noted that progress was recorded in Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum natural gas pipeline project.
Guler was welcomed by Fuel and Energy Development Minister Macid Karimov of Azerbaijan and Turkish Ambassador to Azerbaijan Unal Cevikoz.
He will be received by President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan later in the day.
(UK-AÖ) 02.02.2004