Georgia is not interested in selling 100% of the shares in main North-South gas pipeline

The government of Georgia is not interested in selling 100% of the shares in the main gas pipeline, declared the Economy and Development Minister, Vera Kobalia, Trend reports.

According to the Minister, the government plans to sell a 10-15% share of the pipeline in two or three years. She didn't name the potential buyer, though Russia's "Gazprom" as well as Kazakh and Azerbaijani companies are possible candidates.

Talk of the possible privatization of the pipeline started when the Georgian parliament excluded the pipeline delivering gas from Armenia to Russia through Georgia from the list of strategic non-commercial objects.