The Meeting of the Government of Georgia was held on 27 December 2006. The Agenda consisted of 30 items.
At the commencement of the Meeting, Prime Minister of Georgia Zurab Noghaideli wished the people of Georgia a happy New Year and merry Christmas. Then he said that the talks over energy resources and gas supply to Georgia have been high on the agenda of the recent days. These talks that had been conducted in Turkey with the immediate involvement of President Mikheil Saakashvili were completed successfully. An agreement was reached to supply the Turkish share of Shah-Denis gas to Georgia. Despite the fact that owing to unexpected technical snags gas from Shah-Deniz field cannot be received yet, an agreement was reached that Georgia will receive gas from Azerbaijan right from the last days of this year. Besides, the supply of gas from Russia will be continued within the next few weeks. The Prime Minister of Georgia noted that the Ministry of Finance had been assigned to consider the reality in gas supply in the Draft State Budget of 2007. 120 mln US dollars were invested to make sure that we overcome the difficulties of the next few months relatively easier and the process is less painful financially for gas purchasing companies, individuals and the economy. This winter Georgia is going to have gas and full electricity supply, and what's very important, the South Caucasian Corridor is operating, in this case, in connection with gas transportation, the Prime Minister added.
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