Kazakh President Visits Georgia

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev arrived in Georgia on October 2 for a two-day visit. After arriving in the Tbilisi airport he left for Batumi, Adjara Autonomous Republic, where Nazarbayev will hold an unofficial meeting with his Georgian counterpart Mikheil Saakashvili.

?Georgia is developing and I think our experience will be very useful for Georgia,? Nursultan Nazarbayev said upon arrival in Batumi.

?We are interested in Georgia, first of all, from the economic point of view, including in the respect of transportation of oil. You know that the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline will be mainly used for transporting Kazakh oil. We are also interested in the Caucasian route ? TRASECA, linking Europe and Asia,? the Kazakh President said.

?We have prepared many interesting projects, which are designed to boost trade between our countries,? he added.

The two Presidents will hold an official meeting in Tbilisi on October 3. The Kazakh President will also meet with Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Nogaideli and Parliamentary Chairperson Nino Burjanadze.

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