Georgia, Tbilisi /corr. Trend N.Kirtskhalia / Azerbaijani and Georgian experts highly assess the agreement
signed in Baku between Tbilisi and Baku on the long-term gas supplies. Today the
Azerbaijan experts noted on the tele-bridge Tbilisi- Baku that for Baku this was specific victim, since it refused several advantageous proposals.
Participants in the tele-bridge from Baku stated that "Gazprom" and Iran were ready to purchase Azerbaijani oil with the market price, but taking into account the situation
in Georgia, Azerbaijan agreed to sell gas to Georgia on the price, which is
twice less than European price.
"This action of Baku is the manifestation
of wisdom. Thus, Azerbaijan did not lose its partner in the region," said the
Georgian expert Lado Papava.
Georgian experts emphasized that them do not known anything about the prices of
the gas. They asked their Azerbaijani colleagues to give publicity to this
question. However, today no information is provided regarding the price of the
gas for Georgia.
"Azerbaijan always greeted and will greet establishment of close relations with
Georgia and this contract is the manifestation of this co-operation," said
the chairman of the Center for Regional Development, Chingiz Ismaylov.