BAKU - Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev received on Monday Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Hilmi Guler, who is currently in Azerbaijan on an official visit.
Guler informed Aliyev on construction of Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil and Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum (BTE) natural gas pipelines, stating that construction of pipelines in Turkey were going well.
Conveying good wishes of Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to President Aliyev, Guler gave him a letter sent by President Sezer as well.
Answering a question on safety of pipelines, Guler said that there was no need to be concerned about the issue, adding that safety of pipelines was secured.
Guler is expected to return to Turkey tomorrow (Tuesday) morning.
(EÖ-ULG) 20.09.2004