U.S. ‘Encouraged’ with Georgia’s Effort to Import Kazakh Gas

U.S. Ambassador John Tefft said at the Tbilisi Forum “Europe’s New Wave of Liberation” on November 22 that the United States “is encouraged with [Georgian] Prime Minister’s efforts to work with Kazakhstan” over import of gas.

Georgian PM Zurab Nogaideli visited Kazakhstan on November 18-19 and agreed, according to the Georgian Energy Ministry, to import 2 billion cubic meters of gas annually.

But to import Kazakh gas Georgia will need a consent of the Russian side, as the gas has to flow via Russia.

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