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Azerbaijan increased the volume of electricity exported to neighbouring Georgia by 16.7 percent in January-February 2021, Azertag has reported. In the first two months of the year, Azerbaijan exported 299.7 million kWh of electricity to Georgia thus accounting for 36.2 percent of this country’s total electricity imports. Overall, Georgia imported …

Azerbaijan increased the volume of exports of oil and oil products to Georgia by 10,600 tons in January 2021, Azertag has reported. In January, Georgia imported 10,800 tons of oil and oil products worth $4.7 million from Azerbaijan. In the meantime, Georgia’s natural gas imports from Azerbaijan in January decreased …

The sixth new tunnel was built on the Ubisa-Shorapani (Shrosha village) section of Georgia at the Rikoti Pass, which is part of the East-West international highway, Trend reports via the Department of Roads of the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia. The tunnel is 885 meters long. It …

Azerbaijan was Georgia’s main bitumen supplier in 2020, accounting for 63.8 percent of this country’s total imports of bitumen, Azertag has reported. In 2020, Azerbaijan exported 82,100 tons of oil bitumen to Georgia. Overall, Georgia imported 128,700 tons of oil bitumen in 2020, which is by 24.3 percent or 41,300 …

Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has welcomed the delivery of Azerbaijani gas to Europe via Georgia from the Shah Deniz field as the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) began operations, according to Agenda.ge news platform. With the Southern Gas Corridor pipeline system, Shah Deniz delivers ‘significant new energy supplies’ to Europe …

On December 25, the Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Ali Asadov and the Prime Minister of Georgia Georgy Gakharia had a telephone conversation, Trend reports citing the Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Ali Asadov congratulated Giorgi Gakharia on reappointment as Prime Minister of Georgia, and also congratulated on the victory of …

Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, Archil Talakvadze, met the newly-appointed Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Georgia, Faig Guliyev, Trend reports via Georgian media. The sides discussed historically friendly and partnership relations and accentuated intensification of inter-parliamentary cooperation for peace and security in the region. Discussions also focused on global COVID-19 pandemic related challenges, …

Azerbaijan remained the major electricity exporter to neighbouring Georgia during the period of January-November 2020 The country exported 575 million kWh of electricity to Georgia, which accounted for 45.2 percent of the overall 1.2 billion kWh of electricity imported to Georgia during the reporting period. Georgia received $29.5 million worth …

Azerbaijan is the fourth largest main trade partner of Georgia, with the bilateral trade between the two countries totaling $831.349 million in January-November of 2020, Georgia`s National Statistics Service said. For this period, Azerbaijan`s share in Georgia`s economy made up 8.1 percent. Turkey is Georgia`s largest trade partner with $1,429 …

The return of the Lachin district to the jurisdiction of the Azerbaijani state is of major political and economic importance, Guram Markhulia, President of the “Caucasus International Center for the Study of Geohistory and Geopolitics” Guram Markhulia told Trend. According to him, the area also has an advantageous geostrategic position. “Roads …