President Ilham Aliyev and Mrs Mehriban Aliyeva attend the opening of the 24th International ”Caspian Oil and Gas-2017” Exhibition and Conference

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva attended, May 31, the opening of the of the 24th International ”Caspian Oil and Gas-2017” Exhibition and Conference, as well as the 7th Caspian International Power Engineering and Alternative Energy Exhibition.

The most significant event of the power engineering sector in the Caspian region, the 24th International “Caspian Oil and Gas-2017” Exhibition is held with support from the Azerbaijan Energy Ministry and the State Oil Company – SOCAR, enjoying organizational support of “ITECA Caspian” and “ITE Group” companies. Up to 300 companies representing 30 countries of the world are participating in this year’s exhibition. These countries include Azerbaijan, USA, Belarus, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Kazakhstan, China, the Kingdom of Netherland, Poland, Japan etc. Italy is represented at the exhibition by its national pavilion. Among the debutants that make up 15 percent of the participants’ total number are companies from USA, Great Britain, Romania etc.

Special adviser to “ITE Group Plc” Andrew Wood spoke at the 24th International ”Caspian Oil and Gas-2017” Exhibition and Conference.

President Ilham Aliyev addressed the event.

Deputy assistant of the US State Secretary Robin Dunnigan read the congratulation letter of US President Donald Trump.

Then a video-appeal of Vice-president of the European Union for energy union Maroš Šefčovič was presented.

After the speeches, President Ilham Aliyev became familiarized with the exhibitions.