Georgia grants land plot in Tbilisi to Azerbaijan for 49-year lease

Georgia transferred a land plot in Tbilisi to Azerbaijan for free use, with a lease term of 49 years.

Report informs via the Georgian press that the site on Vakhtanga Street in Gorgasali was transferred to the Azaerbaijani embassy for use by the government.

A corresponding document was signed on July 18 by Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze. Clause 2 of Article 36 of the Georgian Law "On State Property" served as the basis.

The National Agency of State Property, subordinate to the Ministry of Economy, is entrusted with the implementation of all legal procedures for the transfer of the right of use.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, Jeyhun Bayramov, is on a visit to Georgia today. The top Azerbaijani diplomat has already held talks with his Georgian counterpart, Maka Bochorishvili. Bayramov's meetings with the President of Georgia, Mikhail Kavelashvili, Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, and Speaker of the Parliament Shalvai Papuashvili are also scheduled.