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1/24/2008 REMARKS To the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe President Mikheil Saakashvili January 24, 2008 - Strasbourg, France President de Puig, ladies and gentlemen, dear friends, I am honored to join you here today to further our work together in strengthening democracy, pluralism, and the rule of law in Georgia. Your gracious invitation will allow me to share in what I am ...
1/20/2008 Inaugural speech of the President Mikheil Saakashvili Fellow citizens of Georgia (salutations to all of Georgia's regions); distinguished guests; your all holiness. Welcome. I am honored and humbled to stand before you today as the leader not of one party, but of one nation-a nation united in the common be...
12/24/2007 Acting president Burjanadze holds briefing I, as Georgia's acting president, as a politician and a citizen, want to address the entire population of Georgia, the society regarding the fact which was revealed today. The materials available for us give us a serious ground to state that there is a ve...
12/3/2007 Acting President Burjanadze holds emergency briefing Acting president of Georgia Nino Burjanadze held emergency briefing on the existing situation in the country, the pre-election period, the reopening of Imedi TV and Georgia-Russian relationship. "Today Georgia is on an important stage of development, thus...
11/24/2007 Mikheil Saakashvili: from tomorrow I launch pre-election campaign Welcome! First of all I welcome Georgia's new Prime Minister, renewed cabinet of ministers and our two new ministers. I would like to wish you all the success and express hope that this extremely important, comprehensive, well targeted, realistic program ...
11/22/2007 Address by President Saakashvili to the President of Turkey I would like to welcome our friend, the President of the Republic of Turkey. His visit is not only a formality, but a beginning of very important historic events. We have significant achievements in bilateral relationships. The fact that after the beginni...
11/15/2007 President Saakashvili meets healthcare system representatives Welcome everyone!First of all I would like to thank all of you for coming here. I know you are very busy but it was extremely important to meet with you, whose failed representative I am. I'm from the family of doctors and I am one of those rare exception...
11/8/2007 President Saakashvili addresses nation during state of emergency, proposes snap presidential election for 5 January 2008 Dear friends, I decided to address you today with an important message and the assessment of the current events.What happened yesterday [7 November] was not our choice. I would like to stress that this was the only appropriate answer to the plot against G...
11/7/2007 Georgian president addresses nation after unrest On 7 November, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili addressed the nation following mass unrest and two protest rallies in the Georgian capital Tbilisi where police used water cannon, tear gas, and truncheons to disperse crowds. He said democratic rights...
11/1/2007 Georgian President says crimes by Russian peacekeepers will not be excused Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has described the eviction of Georgians from Abkhazia in 1993 as the "most barbarous ethnic cleansing in the 20th century".He said this in his speech at a joint news conference with US Assistant Secretary of State Da...
10/27/2007 President Saakashvili unveils renovated Sighnaghi Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili inaugurated the newly reconstructed east Georgian town of Sighnaghi on 27 October and said that work will continue to further develop and reform the country no matter what sceptics say.Georgian Public Television Chan...
10/26/2007 President Saakashvili opens football and rugby complex in Saguramo Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili today attended the opening of a sports compound in the village of Saguramo not far from Tbilisi. At the event, he presented a programme for the development of sports and said that the opposition has been constantly s...
10/25/2007 President Saakashvili pledges further modernization of army, says neutrality not an option for Georgia Text of Saakashvili's address at a graduation ceremony for military officersI want to greet graduates of the newly revamped officer training programme and I want to congratulate them on this day. I also congratulate their family members who have gathered ...
10/17/2007 President Saakashvili proposes electoral reforms Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has proposed several initiatives aimed at elevating and strengthening the country's "political culture".At a meeting with ruling National Movement party MPs on 16 October, Saakashvili proposed that the election thres...
10/15/2007 Georgian president praises winegrowers' resolve, calls for unity amidst embargo Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has praised the tireless efforts of winegrowers and called for national unity in a speech in the wine-producing region of Kakheti, where this year's grape harvest is currently under way. His remarks come during the s...
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