Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has said that Georgia will reach its "point of destination" despite all obstacles.

Speaking to journalists on 1 November after opening a new railway line connecting Tbilisi airport with the central railway station, Saakashvili said he would have opened the line on 30 October, had the incident in Ganmukhuri youth patriot camp, involving Russian peacekeepers who attacked Georgian policemen, not hindered him.

Saakashvili said the aim of all these attacks was to "derail" and finally ruin Georgia, adding that in spite of the Russian embargo imposed on Georgia and the propaganda "bacchanalia" on Russian TV stations, the Georgian government would continue to build railroads, airports, hospitals, and schools and to create normal living conditions for its people.

Saakashvili noted the new railway station, which was built by a Georgian company, was "far better" than the one in Geneva. He said the new railway line would reduce the cost of travel between the railway station and the airport from 15 lari (by taxi) to two lari.

Prepared by BBC Monitoring

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