January 24, 2012 | Quote
UK, EU Lobby To Protect Key Azeri Gas Project From Iran Sanctions
Mark Dubowitz, executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said the December U.K. delegation in Washington was comprised of members of the Treasury, the foreign office and of the cabinet office, which coordinates UK policies of the Prime minister and the other ministries.
“Despite congressional sympathy for the need to exempt Shah Deniz in the Iran Threat Reduction Act and the Senate companion bill, I assume that the British government didn't want to take any chances and dispatched cabinet, FCO, Treasury and embassy people to speak to congress and think tanks to make their case,” Dubowitz said.