Archive by 2009-01-26

Georgian Foreign Minister received US ambassador 2009-01-26 17:43 Today Grigol Vashadze, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, received John Tefft, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the US to Georgia.

Opposition to prepare actions to demand Saakashvili’s resignation in nearest months 2009-01-26 17:33 In nearest months Georgian opposition will conduct "permanent and large-scale peaceful actions with a demand of President Mikheil Saakashvili’s resignation, " stated Levan Gachechiladze, one of the candidates for presidential elections on January 4th 2008, one of the opposition leaders, in the live air of Imedi , ITAR TASS informs.

Georgian side called establishment of Black Sea fleet base in Abkhazia a provocation 2009-01-26 16:31 Today Georgia called plans of Russia to start establishment of the Black Sea fleet in Ochamchira (Abkhazia) in 2009, “provocative” – The Vzglyad informs.

Alexander Golovin is responsible for borders of Russia with Abkhazia and South Ossetia 2009-01-26 15:07 Dmitry Medvedev, the President of Russia, appointed Alexander Golovin his special representative on delimitation and demarcation of the state border of the Russian Federation with adjacent CIS member states, RIA Novosti informs alluding to the press service of the Kremlin.

Kosachyov: PACE will not insist on Russia’s renunciation of recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia 2009-01-26 14:38 PACE resolution on South Caucasus conflict, the central object of discussion at the winter session of PACE (started today), includes no strict demand to cancel recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, said Konstantin Kosachyov, the chairman of the State Duma Committee for foreign affairs – ITAR TASS.

Gas flows to Tskhinval resident area 2009-01-26 12:41 Gas returned to resident area of Tskhinval, ITAR TASS informs alluding to Nugzar Tabuyev, the chief engineer of Energetika.

Vashadze: Georgia will not restore relations with Moscow because of South Ossetia and Abkhazia 2009-01-26 12:09 Grigol Vashadze, the Foreign minister of Georgia, stated that Tbilisi still regards situation with South Ossetia and Abkhazia as an obstacle to normalization of relations with Russia-ITAR TASS. "“I am pessimistic on the issue of restoring large-scale diplomatic relations with Russia,” he announced in his interview to Vremya Novostey, published today.

Alasania may run for President 2009-01-26 11:49 Irakli Alasania, the ex-Permanent representative of Georgia to the UN doesn’t exclude his running for President, he stated in live air of the public TV of Georgia on Sunday – ITAR-TASS.