Azeri minister says crude oil allowed to Georgia without limits
ANS TV, Baku
12 Dec 04
Presenter Some freight railway cars detained on the Azerbaijani border
were allowed to enter Georgia overnight. The Boyuk Kasik railway
station has said that 370 railway cars carrying crude oil were allowed
through. Now, 320 cars with other goods are being held at the station.
Correspondent over video of the Boyuk Kasik station It is already two
days that the transit railway cars carrying crude oil via Azerbaijan
have been allowed to enter Georgia without any restrictions, Ziya
Mammadov, Azerbaijan’s minister of communication, has said. He said
that on receiving appropriate instructions from the State Customs
Committee, the railway cars carrying crude oil were allowed to enter
Georgia and from there on to go to Europe via the Black Sea without
any problems. But Mammadov said that some goods, especially the oil
products, are being checked carefully.
Mammadov Mainly oil products and other goods, flour, are being
inspected. In general, the inspection of all goods transported through
Azerbaijan has been stepped up to prevent them from being delivered to
Armenia via Georgia in future.
Correspondent Mammadov said that strict measures should be taken on
the borders so that goods are not redirected to Armenia from
Georgia. This process will continue until the Karabakh problem is
resolved in line with official Baku’s interests, end of quote.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress