Pipeline scandal in Georgia: Azerbaijan is right as usual
The scandal with the Baku-Supsa oil pipeline is explained in different ways, political and economic reasons. This is primarily the confirmation of a long-term energy strategy of Azerbaijan as the situation with the oil pipeline is settled by the ideas being present in the energy strategy of Azerbaijan decades ago.
The scandal with the “movement of borders” of the breakaway regions in Georgia has political grounds. Tbilisi gets the maximum dividends from these actions which show the fact of occupation of its territories by the movement of borders and problems with large international oil transportation project. This is the reason of absence of any military actions from the part of Georgia.
Despite of this situation the issue of oil export by this pipeline is not crucial for Azerbaijan. Why?