Georgia hopes to receive gas from Azerbaijan – Saakashvili

In an interview with the Ekho Moskvy radio station on Saturday, Saakashvili said, "Georgia will receive gas mainly from Azerbaijan. We're very grateful to Ilham Aliyev (President of Azerbaijan) who decreed on gas supplies to Georgia last year despite the difficulties in Azerbaijan itself."

In his view, at present, the third part of all gas supplies to Georgia will account on Azerbaijan. "I think that the supplies will reach 80 percent by the spring, April."

At the same time, Saakashvili noted that Georgia did not give up Russian gas supplies. But he described the gas price – 235 U.S. dollars per 1,000 cubic metres as "unlimited." Saakashvili said the gas price for Georgia is of political nature.

In his words, Russia supplied gas to Armenia via Georgia at a sum of 110 U.S. dollars per 1,000 cubic metres. "It will be good Georgia to receive gas at the same price," the Georgian president added. Itar-Tass