OREANDA-NEWS. On December 25, SOCAR President Rovnag Abdullayev met with Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Management Committee of Russian energy company Gazprom in St. Petersburg. The issues of cooperation between SOCAR and Gazprom were in the focus of attention during the meeting. The officials expressed satisfaction with the results of previous meetings and said both companies were interested in widening bilateral relations. The meeting continued with discussion of the prospects of cooperation between the companies.