The Committee on Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative ("EITI") established by the Government of Azerbaijan to implement its obligations taken at the conference on EITI held in June 2003 in London, on 14 December, 2009 announced the release of the Government's eleventh EITI report (Jan-June 2009 assertion) audited by Moore Stephens, the independent Aggregator. The release is accompanied by the Aggregator's opinion based on individual submissions of extractive industry companies participating in the EITI process in Azerbaijan.

The full report as well as the Aggregator's opinion on the document has already been disclosed on web sites of the State Oil Fund (SOFAZ) (www.oilfund.az), the International EITI Secretariat (www.eiti.org) and the Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) Coalition for Increasing Transparency in the Extractive Industries of the Republic of Azerbaijan (www.eiti-az.org).