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Azerbaijan also promotes global energy security through development of the Baku Tbilisi Ceyhan oil pipeline and the Baku Tbilisi Erzurum gas pipeline, as well as through the Baku Tbilisi Akhalkalaki Kars railroad project.

Tbilisi State University, the Faculty of Russian Philology (1982)

Date and place of birth 14 April 1960, Tbilisi, Georgia

The Head of Tbilisi office of UNHCR, the lead United Nations agency on the issue, participated in the meeting.

The Government decided to build the new transit corridor Erzami Karsi Ninocminda Tsalka Tbilisi during the period 2005 2009.

The Kars Gyumri Tbilisi railroad already exists, which can be revitalized and become operational with almost no cost and in little time.

Realizing that the new railway connection project being implemented in the context of the European neighbourhood policy is the key link of the East West energy transport corridor, and along with the Baky Tbilisi Ceyhan oil pipeline and the South Caucasian Baky Tbilisi Erzurum gas pipeline, will promote the economic growth, stability and welfare increase in the region,

Welcomes the positive developments towards the reopening of the railways between Sochi and Tbilisi and towards the return of refugees and internally displaced persons

On 10 May, the President of the United States of America, Mr. George W. Bush, emphasized the need for peaceful settlement of conflicts during his visit to Tbilisi.

The pipeline is expected to carry crude oil from fields in the Caspian Sea off Baku to Tbilisi in Georgia, and to the Mediterranean terminal in Ceyhan, Turkey.

The Baku Tbilisi Akhalkalaki Qars railway connection project, which was largely standard gauged, economically viable and environmentally sound, had been launched to accommodate growing international trade and, thus, rising transport needs.

However, there were reports of security apprehensions among the population in the upper Kodori valley following the decision to disband the local hunters battalion by the authorities in Tbilisi in late April.

Supporting the principles and objectives of the protocol signed between the Republic of Azerbaijan, Georgia and the Republic of Turkey, on 28 December 2004 in Tbilisi, and aimed to promote closer integration of these States into the European structures,

On 15 and 16 June, the Russian Federation convened the so called Sochi working groups on the rehabilitation of the Sochi Tbilisi railway and on the return of refugees and internally displaced persons in Moscow (see S 2003 412, para.

Reiterates its strong support for the document on Basic Principles for the Distribution of Competences between Tbilisi and Sukhumi and for its letter of transmittal, finalized by, and with the full support of, all members of the Group of Friends

We have the honour to forward to you the joint declaration on the Kars Akhalkalaki Tbilisi Baky new railway connection project between the Republic of Turkey, Georgia and the Republic of Azerbaijan signed on 25 May 2005, in Baky, Azerbaijan (see annex).

Sukhumi questioned this commitment, citing in particular the increased military expenditure by Tbilisi, and regarded Georgian statements on the closure of the Abkhaz portion of the Black Sea to international maritime traffic as provocative and intended to disrupt the summer tourist season.

TBILISI Given the tremendous damage that Russia has inflicted on Georgia, it is easy to conclude that the Kremlin has achieved its objectives. But, so far, Russia has failed in its real goal getting rid of Mikheil Saakashvili, Georgia s pro democracy, pro American president.

At that meeting, the delegation of Armenia expressed its criticism on the Kars Akhalkalaki Tbilisi Baku railroad initiative, which was presented by the delegation of Azerbaijan as one that would ensure unimpeded movement of carriages from Europe to all countries of the region and vice versa .

For the first time, a country in the region is matching its aspirations with the concrete steps needed to become a viable candidate for eventual membership in Euro Atlantic institutions. A visitor to Georgia's capital, Tbilisi, now sees the same level of determination to join the West that existed a decade ago in the Baltic states.

She also considered that the document entitled Basic Principles for the Distribution of Competences between Tbilisi and Sukhumi was a good starting point and said that the following meeting of the Group of Friends for Georgia, foreseen for the spring of 2005 at Geneva, would be very important as a means to move out of the current status quo.

After coming to power in 1993, Heydar Aliyev stopped the war with Armenia over the Nagorno Karabakh enclave, secured Azerbaijan s existence as a sovereign state, and, as the oil and gas sector flourished, oversaw the country s growing international authority. The transfer of power from father to son took place peacefully, and Ilham s administration has presided over completion of the Baku Tbilisi Ceyhan oil pipeline to the annoyance of Russia and Armenia.

To strengthen Russia s political influence over Georgia s separatist regions, Gazprom, without taking the trouble to ask for permission from Georgia s democratically elected leaders, has begun constructing a gas pipeline connecting Russia and South Ossetia directly. Although there was no interruption of gas supply from Tbilisi to South Ossetia, this step is necessary for the Kremlin to ensure even greater integration of this Georgian region into Russia s economic system.

These issues are being pursued in order to address practical and humanitarian challenges in the conflict zone and to improve confidence between the two sides so that negotiations on a comprehensive political settlement of the conflict can take place, using the paper entitled Basic Principles for the Distribution of Competences between Tbilisi and Sukhumi and its transmittal letter (see S 2002 88, para. 3) as a starting point.