Kvirikashvili stresses importance of strategic cooperation with SOCAR

Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili noted during today's meeting with the president of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) Rovnag Abdullayev about the importance of strategic partnership with the company for his country.

"Azerbaijan is a strategic partner for Georgia. Despite the political speculation that exists now, I want to emphasize that the strategic cooperation with SOCAR is extremely important and we are ready to discuss issues of deepening our future cooperation. Azerbaijan is Georgia's friend and that is the most important thing. We want to consider future relations and solve problems together. I think that technical obstacles won't hinder the development of our cooperation,'' Georgia Online cites Kvirikashvili as saying.