The company from Georgia has stopped gasoline shipments for deliveries to Abkhazia.

The company Repsol, which owns the Connect gas station network and sold gasoline to the intermediary Solidus with the permission of the Georgian government for subsequent fuel supply to Abkhazia, announced that it is ceasing these operations.

The reason for Repsol's decision was the negative reaction from a significant part of the public and opposition parties dissatisfied with the sale of gasoline to the "separatist regime."

"Where LLC Solidus sells the purchased petroleum products contradicts our beliefs and goes beyond our responsibility," the statement from Repsol said.

"This delivery was within the framework of contractual obligations, and we do not plan further supplies to Soludos Ltd," the comments on the company's Facebook page stated.

Earlier, the head of Solidus, Georgy Arveladze, confirmed cooperation with Abkhaz entrepreneurs, explaining it as a desire for Georgian-Abkhaz reconciliation. A total of 400 tons of gasoline were supplied to Abkhazia, reported "Vedomosti."

The scheme for supplying gasoline to Abkhazia is an attempt by the Georgian authorities to cover up direct assistance to sanctioned Russian structures, believes former president of the National Bank of Georgia, opposition figure Roman Gotsiridze.

"The import of fuel to Abkhazia was organized by the authorities of Georgia and Russia. Otherwise, crossing the occupation line would have been impossible. A large local oil company was involved in the scheme, carrying out the authorities' orders. The latter will not be able to avoid sanctions, as it supplied fuel to the sanctioned "Rosneft" or related structures in violation of the rules. In Abkhazia, this sector is completely under the control of Russia," Gotsiridze's words were quoted by the agency "News Georgia" on August 14.