Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania left for the Azerbaijani capital Baku on September 20 in order to participate in official ceremonies commemorating the 10th anniversary of the signing of the so called ?Contract of the Century,? which envisaged the export of Azeri oil to the western markets via Georgia and Turkey.
The Georgian Prime Minister is expected to hold talks with Azeri officials over the construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline, which is scheduled to begin delivering Azeri oil to western markets in 2005.