The prospects for Azerbaijan's vast oil and gas reserves being turned into wealth for the country's development depended largely on the establishment of a pipeline through Georgia and into Turkey - a prospect for which Russia had no enthusiasm.
Ithemba ukuphendulela nenqwaba uwoyela negesi ezweni ukuthuthukiswa izimali kwakhona incike iphayiphi ngokusebenzisa Georgia ne-Turkey, ngokumelene okuyinto waseRussia wayenomuzwa kungekho intshiseko.