"This year has been a success for Russian-Georgian economic relations, and I am extremely pleased with this," Zurab Nogaideli said.
"A major Russian bank, Vneshtorgbank, has bought into a Georgian major, United Georgia Bank; Russia has invested in the chemical, mining and ore enrichment sectors of the Georgian economy; and a Russian investor is building a major power complex in Georgia with a 110 mW capacity that will go on line next year," he said.
Asked whether the Russian side could buy a segment of the gas pipeline passing through Georgia, Nogaideli explained that the Georgian Constitution prohibited the sale of state-controlled transportation networks.
"But should Gazprom make specific proposals on gas transit via Georgia to third countries, we would be ready to discuss them," the prime minister said.
