GEORGIA TO FULFILL ALL OBLIGATIONS TAKEN UNDER BAKU-TBILISI-KARS RAILWAY PROJECT – GEORGIAN AMBASSADOR
Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
March 13 2007
Azerbaijan, Baku / Trend , corr S.Agayeva / Zurab Gumberidze, the
Georgian Ambassador to Azerbaijan, stated to a news conference in
Baku on the completion pf his tenure in Azerbaijan that
Georgia has always fulfilled its obligations under the regional and
international projects and will do so under the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars
railway route.
The diplomat assured that the Government of Georgia will never step
back from its obligations and resolve problems linked with the project
timely. He was commenting on statements by Armenians residing in the
territory of Georgia on the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars route.
Generally, the diplomat appraised the level of political and economic
relationships between the two countries. The cooperation in the energy
sector is developing more dynamically, while the level of trade and
economic relationships satisfies both sides, he noted.
The diplomat noted that the amount of goods turnover reached $500mln.
He voiced his confidence that the cooperation between the two
countries will be further developed and deepened. Gumberidze stressed
the necessity for the development of an agreement and legal basis
between Georgia and Azerbaijan.
Gumberidze noted that he had worked in Azerbaijan since the opening
of the embassy. Since 1995 and over the past 9 years he served as an
Ambassador. After completion of his diplomatic tenure Gumberidze will
lead the Georgian Oil and Gas Corporation. His successor is expected
to come in the near future,’ the diplomat stressed.
Gumberidze also thanked Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev for awarding
him Order of Fame.