AAR sure about BP's willingness to work with law enforcement agencies
MOSCOW. Sept 1 (Interfax) - The Russian consortium Alfa-Access-Renova (AAR), which owns TNK-BP on a parity basis with BP, is sure about BP's willingness to work with law enforcement agencies and believes the measures for compelling the British company to act in this regard are unnecessary, an AAR spokesperson told Interfax.
"We are sure that BP, which holds to the letter of the law, will, in every way, work with law enforcement agencies in good faith. We also believe that measures to compel [BP] would be somewhat excessive," he said.
AAR also expressed worry in regards to searches carried out in BP's office in Moscow.
"We are deeply worried that the seizure of documents that took place on Wednesday by order of the court at the Moscow offices of our British partners has caused a breakdown of the normal working process," the representative said.
Court bailiffs executed a search of BP's office in Moscow on Wednesday morning by order of a Tyumen court, which has obliged BP and TNK-BP to provide necessary documentation to minority shareholders in TNK-BP Holding. The minority shareholders say that these documents were not provided by BP according to the set timeframe. However, TNK-BP has said that it provided the necessary documents to its minority shareholders.