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Speeches & Statements

6/15/2005 Statement of President Saakashvili at the National Security Council meeting We have one item on the agenda today - the criminal incidents and the criminal situation as a whole in the Tskhinvali region. It is absolutely clear that with the coming of summer, the criminal gangs, which have been operating in this region for many year...
6/3/2005 Remarks by President Saakashvili at the CIS Summit in Tbilisi Now you are in the country, which was practically ruined just two years ago. There was a situation where no single structure functioned. For the last 14 years only few kilometers of roads were repaired in the whole country. We had power shortages and ther...
5/31/2005 President Saakashvili hails I want to make a statement about the political agreement reached in Moscow today. Today Georgia and Russia reached a political agreement on the final withdrawal of Russian military bases from Georgia. I would like to remind you, my fellow citizens, what t...
5/26/2005 Latvian President pledges Georgia support at Independence Day Parade Mr. President Saakashvili, respected members of parliament and the government of Georgia, dear people of Georgia.I greet you on this day of celebration, the national day of independence. It is a day of pride, it is a day of joy, and I have come here from ...
5/26/2005 Five core principles for the world's reformers By Mikheil Saakashvili - President of Georgia Dramatic changes are sweeping across the area that was once the Soviet Union. It is clear that, after the revolutionary changes in Tbilisi, Kiev and Bishkek, the old status quo is gone forever. Kleptocratic wa...
5/26/2005 President Saakashvili holds annual summing up briefing This is the second traditional address on the eve of Independence Day. This is a time for me to briefly review what has happened in Georgia over the past year. Since 26 May last year, and in the last few years in general, it has been a very dynamic, very ...
5/10/2005 Remarks by President Bush and President Saakashvili of Georgia in a Joint Press Availability PRESIDENT SAAKASHVILI: I'll say a few words in English. I want to welcome you, Mr. President, for this historic occasion. You know, right now we have in the streets of Tbilisi, as they are telling me, more than 150,000 people assembled, and I can tell you...
5/10/2005 President Saakashvili’s Welcoming Address For the President of the United States My fellow countrymen, dear guests, friendsToday we are writing a new chapter of history together. The walls of this city span millennia. They have witnessed the history of a small, albeit tough and proud nation engaged in a never-ending struggle for freed...
5/3/2005 Georgian President addresses Nation ahead of Bush visit I would like to thank everyone for coming. It is very unusual to see a red carpet in this room and I don't like the fact that it has been laid here. I will be sitting here for only two hours or maybe one and a half so I do not need a red carpet. This kind...
4/1/2005 President Saakashvili holds press conference at the State Chancellery Hello to you and to your viewers. Tomorrow I'm leaving for a day-and-a-half official visit to Kazakhstan, and many people are asking: When there are so many problems in the country, when there are problems with power shortages and poverty in general, why ...
3/13/2005 President Saakashvili meets regional television journalists We are proud that there are many independent, free and professional television channels in Georgia. Journalist from the televisions of Ajara, Trialeti, Odishi, Poti, Borjomi, Guria, Kutaisi, Mtskheta-Tianeti, Kvemo Kartli and Telavi are attending our meet...
2/25/2005 President Saakashvili calls emergency government meeting on energy crisis in Georgia We have called a special government meeting to discuss the energy crisis affecting most of the country's regions.We should not feed our society with lies, as it had been the case for years. While we did not start the energy crisis, we must end it. I need ...
2/24/2005 President Saakashvili’s annual address to the Parliament Madam Speaker, Your Holiness, esteemed chairman of the Constitutional Court, chairman of the Supreme Court, esteemed members of Parliament and the public. Before I commence my speech, I would like to say that much has been said about the late Zurab Zhvani...
2/23/2005 President Saakshvili introduces Kote Kublashvili to the Supreme Court (welcome speech) Let me welcome everybody. It's a little unusual that we have to introduce a new chairman of the Supreme Court for the second time in only a few months. Such events take place when an active politician comes into office. It is typical of politicians to cha...
2/19/2005 President Saakashvili introduces nominee for post of Supreme Court Chairman I would like to introduce Kote Kublashvili as Chairman of the Supreme Court. We selected him after holding consultations with the Parliament speaker and the Legal Committee. We also asked Kote Kemularia for his advice on this issue. We select candidates o...
2/16/2005 Speech delivered by President Saakashvili at Tbilisi Ivane Javakhishvili State University I would like to thank all of you, the Council of the University, Ms Rusudan Lortkipanidze. Despite great pressure, you have proved that you would not give in to blackmail.You have seen that I have been refraining from any public statements on this issue. ...
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