Text of report by private Azerbaijani TV station ANS on 9 September [Presenter] [Azerbaijani] Industry and Energy Minister Natiq Aliyev has commented on statements that the Nabucco project of the transport of Caspian gas to Europe is ineffective and that it has been rejected.

Text of unattributed report in opposition Azerbaijani newspaper Yeni Musavat on 16 July headlined "Azerbaijan offered cheap oil to America" Azerbaijani Industry and Energy Minister Natiq Aliyev yesterday met Steven Mann, visiting senior aide on Eurasia issues under the US Department of State, in Baku.

Excerpt from report by Azerbaijani private TV station ATV on 24 October [Presenter] The latest tension on the Turkish-Iraqi border cannot affect the operation of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil export pipeline.

Azerbaijani Industry and Energy Minister Natiq Aliyev has urged transit countries to support the Nabucco gas pipeline - a project to export Caspian gas to Europe. "Transit countries, consumers, the leaders of these countries or high-ranking political forces should support it.

Text of report by Azerbaijani news agency Turan Baku, 24 September: Azerbaijan cannot initiate the construction of the Trans-Caspian gas pipeline, [Azerbaijani] Energy Minister Natiq Aliyev told journalists today [24 September]. He noted that the relevant initiative should come from Turkmenistan.