"The contract of the century"


The Statement of the Azerbaijani president Heydar Aliyev before journalists in the briefing held in connection with the signing of the agreement with the oil companies of the Western countries - September 16, 1994 
Speech of Azerbaijan President Heydar Aliyev at the contract signing ceremony on the joint development of the deposits in the Caspian shelf between the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic and the consortium of the foreign oil companies - September 20, 1994 
Speech of the Azerbaijan president Heydar Aliyev at the first session of a Chief Committee on "Contract of century", in the Azerbaijan History Museum - January 24, 1995 
Speech by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev at the high-level signing ceremony of the treaty on cooperation between Azerbaijan and Turkey on oil sector – Gulustan Palace, April 12, 1995 
Introductory speech of the Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev at the ceremony of signature documents on giving a share of Azerbaijan at the International Oil Consortium to ''Exxon'' Oil Company of the USA - Gulustan Palace, April 19, 1995
Speech of Heydar Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, at the opening ceremony of the office of the Azerbaijan International Operating Company (AIOC) - 24 August, 1996
Opening address by Heydar Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan at the meeting devoted to the results year activities of AIOC within two years held in the Presidential Palace - October 10, 1996
Speech by Heydar Aliyev, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan at the meeting with the members of the Executive Board of the "Contract of Century" and the leadership of the AIOC - Presidential Palace, February 28, 1997
Speech of the Azerbaijan President Heydar Aliyev at the ceremonial arrangement held on the occasion of extraction of the first oil on "The Contract of the Century" - November 12, 1997 
Speech of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev at the ceremony on launching Chirag-1 platform, extracting oil, November 12, 1997 
Speech of the Azerbaijan President Heydar Aliyev in the solemn ceremony devoted to the fifth anniversary of "the Contract of the century" in a palace "Republic" - September 20, 1999 
Speech of the Azerbaijan President Heydar Aliyev at the official reception devoted to the fifth anniversary of "the Contract of the century" - "Gulustan" Palace, September 20, 1999 
Opening address of the Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev at the ceremony of signature of the resolution of the first phase of full-scale development of deposits "Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli" - August 30, 2001  

Brief essays

OIL STRATEGY

General historical background

General historical background of "the Contract of the Century" - Baku, September 20, 1994‎

Historical backgrounds

Historical backgrounds to the section "The contract of the century"