Azerbaijan, Baku /corr. Trend S.Ilhamgizi / On 3 December nearly 50 members of the Agstafa district organization of 'Way of Azerbaijan' Political Movement held a demonstration at 13:00 hours, covering the stretch of Baku-Tbilisi railway which passes via Agstafa, a source of the Movement said.
The demonstration resulted from the sale of energy sources at low prices to neighboring Georgia where the demands of the Azerbaijanis have not been satisfied. According to demonstration participants, the contribution made by the Saakashvili Government to the regions densely populated by Azerbaijanis is aimed at gaining their votes during the elections. The demonstrators opposed this and demanded that assistance to the Georgian Government should be ceased. They said that the gas and electricity from Azerbaijan is not delivered to the Azerbaijanis residing in Georgia and as always they remain without gas and electricity.
The resolution was read at the end of the election stating that gas and electricity problems are observed in many regions of Azerbaijan and instead of resolving them, the Government of Azerbaijan provides all possible assistance to Saakashvili's regime. While 1 cu.m of liquid gas is sold for $350 in the European market, this gas is sold to Georgia at a very low price pf $120 and electricity is sold to the Azeri people at a higher rate than Georgia. The demonstration participants maintain that the Azerbaijani energy sources sold to Georgia with low prices should firstly cover the demands of the Azerbaijanis residing in Georgia.