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10/12/2005 President Saakashvili opens Georgian section of BTC pipeline I would like to welcome everyone, first of all our friends, the presidents of Turkey and Azerbaijan and representatives of British Petroleum.This is the day that, a few years ago, many people thought would never come. Therefore, we are delighted that ever...
10/10/2005 Joint press conference by the Georgian and Lithuanian Presidents President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili I would like to greet our guest, the Lithuanian president, our friend Valdas Adamkus. Lithuania has a special significance for Georgia and evokes special emotions in me and the generation that has entered public l...
10/5/2005 Joint news conference by Presidents of Georgia and Latvia President of Georgia Mikheil SaakashviliI would like to welcome the President of Latvia, Vaira Vike-Freiberga.We have been receiving lots of guests in Georgia these days and we are very happy about that.Georgia has become an interesting and attractive cou...
10/3/2005 Joint news conference by the President of Kazakhstan and Georgia President SaakashviliDear members of the delegation, dear journalists. I would like to welcome our friend, the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev to Georgia. Mr. Nazarbayev has not been to Georgia for almost ten years; therefore it is a very sig...
9/28/2005 President Saakashvili's welcoming address for the Finish President Georgia has become an interesting country. Now we are hosting the Finnish president. Her visit will be followed by a series of visits. The Finnish president is the first leader of a Scandinavian country ever to visit Georgia. We are expecting other guests...
9/25/2005 President Saakashvili praises education reforms in speech to university students I would like to welcome you all. I think you are beginning the most interesting, memorable, romantic and possibly the most difficult stage in your lives. I would like to congratulate you and thank you. I want to thank you and your parents, your teachers a...
9/23/2005 Remarks by President Saakashvili at the National Security Council meeting Welcome. We have to discuss several issues today. But first of all we must discuss the issue of setting up a group for coordinating negotiations. No matter what the provocation they might use or the propaganda they might spread, there is only one alternat...
9/18/2005 President Saakashvili congratulates Patrol Police force on one-year anniversary Welcome. It is a great honour for me to stand before you today on the first anniversary of the founding of the Patrol Police service. When a baby reaches a year old, we do not generally celebrate that, but this child has grown so much in the past year, ma...
9/15/2005 Remarks by President Mikheil Saakashvili at the 60th Session of the UN General Assembly INTRODUCTIONMr. Secretary General, Mr. President, distinguished Heads of State, honored guests. It is my privilege to address this institution today. And to share with you how we as an international community of responsible nations can do more to advance ...
9/12/2005 Remarks by President Saakashvili on the signing of the Millennium Challenge Compact Thank you. Well, Secretary Rice and all of you, I'd like to begin by thanking all the people, both in the United States and Georgia, who made this day possible. I'd like, first, to thank President Bush and Secretary Rice for this vision and wisdom establi...
9/11/2005 President Saakashvili address young Patriots at the Freedom Square My dear people, until we together open a fountain in Batumi, I would like to thank you once more for what you have shown to the whole Georgia today. We are a united, optimistic, courageous and worthy people of our country.I wish children of your age from ...
9/9/2005 Georgian president outlines three-stage development strategy at the news conference Hello everyone. I am very glad to see your relaxed faces. I hope you had good holidays over the summer. I have not held a news conference for a few months and I think you have questions. I also want to review recent developments.Probably all of you travel...
7/26/2005 President Saakashvili meets with law-enforcements at the constitutional security department Welcome everybody The reason for my coming to the constitutional security department is to thank you on behalf of all Georgia for the historic work you have done. We inherited a totally ruined law-enforcement structure. You probably remember how much sala...
7/25/2005 President Saakashvili meets with Interior Minister and ministries’ representatives I would like to congratulate you on the success of the very difficult operation that you carried out. I would like to thank Batoni [polite way of referring to a man in Georgian] Vakhtang [Zugbaia, head of the special operations department], Batoni Gia [Ga...
7/10/2005 President Saakashvili addresses South Ossetia conference When we first came to power, the first thing we said was that we would make Georgia a proper state and put an end to Georgia's disintegration. At the time this promise led to heated debate and many people said that we were too aggressive.We remember well ...
7/8/2005 President Saakashvili meets Parliamentary majority Welcome everybody.I would like to thank the Parliamentary majority, the Parliament Speaker who is now in the USA and could not manage to be with us, the leader of the Parliamentary majority Beso Jugheli, Mr. Gogi Liparteliani, and each of you for holding ...
7/4/2005 President Saakashvili unveils Zhani Kalandadze auditorium at the Technical University Good evening. I am very pleased to see you all here. It is a great honour for me to unveil the Zhani Kalandadze auditorium at the Georgian Technical University this evening.Zhani Kalandadze was governor of Guria [who was killed in a road accident in May]....
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