OREANDA-NEWS. The House of Lords hosted an event entitled “Azerbaijan-UK energy cooperation: environment” and presentation of the book “Discover Azerbaijan”. UK State Minister for Trade and Investment, members of the House of Lords, BP and SOCAR officials, Ambassador of Azerbaijan to UK, representatives of the diplomatic corps attended the event. In his welcoming speech, Member of House of Lords Richard Risby emphasized traditional character of this event. SOCAR’s Vice President for Ecology, co-author of the book “Discover Azerbaijan” Rafiga Huseynzade spoke about the history of SOCAR-BP relations and fruitful cooperation between the companies based on mutual confidence. She focused attention on reducing climate change impacts and global warming solutions and informed the attendees about the global projects carried out by SOCAR. Lord David Evans, co-author of “Discover Azerbaijan”, spoke about the importance of this book. UK State Minister for Trade and Investment Francis Maude said the book served as a cultural bridge between the two countries. The book was presented to the University of Cambridge, University of Oxford and London School of Economics. At the end of the event, Lord Richard Risby presented the book to Warden of Wadham College, University of Oxford, Lord Ken Macdonald.