Baku / 10.01.18 / Turan: Giorgi Chanturia, Georgia's first ambassador to Azerbaijan, and later the head of the International Petroleum Corporation of Georgia, died in the 60th year after a long illness.
Chanturia was an active participant in the negotiations on the construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline and the Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum gas pipeline and was involved in the implementation of these projects.
Giorgi Chanturia was born in 1957. In different years he carried out diplomatic work in Azerbaijan, the USA, Great Britain, Germany, Switzerland and Israel.
In recent years he worked in private companies in the field of energy. -06D-
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