Georgia to reject Azeri gasoline imports

He told APA exclusively that Georgia National Standards for Gasoline-Automobile Technical Conditions for 2004-2005, initiated by the Union and supported by Georgian Government, have twice been suspended. "Application of the new standards will cause stop importing gasoline from Azerbaijani because Azerbaijani gasoline doesn't meet European standards. This will lead to gasoline price rise, failure of SME, frozen commercial relations between Azerbaijan and Georgia," he said.

Vano Mtvralashvili added that Georgia imports between 18 and 20 tons of gasoline and between 20 and 25 tons of diesel fuel a month.

He also said Georgia refused to import A-80 gasoline from Turkmenistan. "The relative density of Azeri gasoline is 50%, European gasoline 42%. Georgia is importing gasoline from Romania, Bulgaria and Greece," he underscored.