BP CEO meets TNK-BP shareholder Fridman-sources

MOSCOW, July 31 (Reuters) - BP (BP.L) Chief Executive Tony Hayward met Mikhail Fridman, a billionaire shareholder in TNK-BP, in London on Wednesday to discuss their dispute over the venture, sources close to both shareholders said on Thursday.

"Fridman met Hayward in London yesterday. It sounds like there was some positive movement," a source closed to TNK-BP's Russian shareholders told Reuters.

A source close to BP also said the meeting had taken place.

TNK-BP declined to comment. (Reporting by Katya Golubkova and Melissa Akin, editing by Robin Paxton)