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9/24/2006
President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili took part in pressing of grapes in Rike
Today the President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili took an active part in pressing of 70 tones of grapes in Rike on the Europe Square. Before the pressing process Mikheil Saakashvili in his speech addressed the Georgian wrestlers and congratulated them with their victory achieved on World Championship.
I have come back from New York and they from Paris. Though it was unexpected for everybody in New York but we reached the "semi-final" in the integration process with NATO. As for these guys nobody expected that they would more than quart of final but they reached the final won over the Russian team and gained the title of the World Champion. By the way this "team" was making problems for us in NATO and is still making problems" - said Mikheil Saakashvili, after which the members of the Government together with the sportsmen went into the vine masher.
Communications Office
of the President of Georgia