Gagra/Agency Caucasus – Russia will obtain from Abkhazia material such as gravel and sand for use in rough construction work in Sochi for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games.
The agreement of cooperation was signed on May 16 in Gagra. It was President Sergei Bagapsh from Abkhazia and Aleksandr Tkachev from Krasnodar Krai who put their signatures on the agreement.
It is estimated that the transportation of over 100mn tones of material will begin in two months or three.
"We are thinking of using natural sources available in Abkhazia when we obtain millions of tones of sand and gravel for use in infra-structural building," said Tkachev.
It was better to get the materials in question not from Russian sources 200 or 300 kilometers away but from Abkhazia ones 30 or 40 kilometers away, said Tkachev: "We will towards the realization of what we have set to do within the framework of an agreement. We will also work jointly to make it possible to move materials from Abkhazia to Sochi by sea or railway."
Tkachev said that it was better to have things done at a low cost to meet high standards of quality, and added that this agreement would help the Abkhazian economy to flourish. "Krasnodar Krai will be a reliable partner for the Abkhazian administration to enjoy working with." ÖZ/FT
