(Tbilisi, January 24, 2003. Civil Georgia) – Gas supply from Russia in Georgia resumed, after the repair works at the damaged gas pipeline completed successfully today.
However, gas will reach Tbilisi residents only in two weeks. This time is needed for technical preparations to exclude possibility of further damage of the pipelines, and for stabilizing the pressure in the pipes.
On January 23 Russian President Putin urged the Gazprom Company to resume gas supply to Georgia in 24 hours.
The gas supply to Georgia stopped on January 17 as the reserve pipeline was damaged on the territory of Russia’s North Ossetian Republic. Earlier, the main export pipeline was also damaged by the blast.
Experts claim the accident on both pipelines in North Ossetia was caused with the deliberate blast of the pipes.
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