Erdogan: Trouble Occurs, If Baku-Ceyhan Is Impeded

In his meeting with Georgian P.M. Zurab Zhvania, P.M. Recep Tayyip Erdogan mentioned the importance of the Baku-Ceyhan oil pipeline and, “This project not only concerns the two countries, but the world.”Erdogan said, “If the project is impeded, it will cause trouble for the two countries and also for the world.”Erdogan also asked from Georgian officials to give more religious freedom to the Moslem people in Acara. During his visit to Georgia Wednesday, Erdogan also met Georgian Head of State Saakasvili. Here he said that economic relations between the two countries were improving and “I do not find the current level sufficient. I believe that we shall further it.”  Issues like preventing double taxation, joint construction of the Kars-Tbilisi railways and Batum airport were taken up in the Turco-Georgian talks. Because of the train accident in Turkey, Erdogan did not attend the concert featured for him in the evening.�