Daily News June 2, 2000	Days:  31 01 02 05 06

politics

UN OBSERVERS GROUP HAS DISAPPEARED IN KODORI CANYON

The official representative of the Georgian Foreign Ministry Avtandil Napetvaridze declared at the traditional briefing today that the Georgian law enforcement bodies jointly with the Sukhumi authorities and UNOMIG representatives (UN military observers mission in Georgia) are intensively searching the group, disappearing last night on June 1 in Kodori Canyon Abkhazia.

Informing about the details of the incident, Napetvaridze said that the group of the UN military observers (5 people: 2 citizens of Denmark, 2 employees of the British non-governmental organizations Halo Trust and 1 local interpreter) was conducting the patrol encircling maneuver in the village Lata of Kodori Canyon on the Georgian-Abkhaz division line.




NAPETVARIDZE THINKS THAT KAZANTSEV’S ANNOUNCEMENT IS DIRECTED TOWARDS AGGRAVATION OF TENSION BETWEEN TWO COUNTRIES

As it is known, the Russian President’s plenipotentiary on the North Caucasus Victor Kazantsev declared about the necessity to close the Russian-Georgian border as according to him, rebels have found the way to Chechnya via the Georgian territory.

The director of the Public Information Department of the Georgian Foreign Ministry Avtandil Napetvaridze estimated this announcement as “pure political, directed to the aggravation of the Georgian-Russian relations”.




ITS EARLY TO SPEAK ABOUT DATES FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A NEW AMBASSADOR IN RUSSIA, FOREIGN MINISTRY THINKS

The director of the Public Information Department of the Georgian Foreign Ministry Avtandil Napetvaridze declared to journalists about this today. He informed that the Foreign Ministry of Georgia has been considering several candidatures on this post, however he did not disclose their names.




COUNCIL OF EUROPE COMMISSIONER ON HUMAN RIGHTS GOING TO MEET CATHOLICOS-PATRIARCH

Alvaro Hil-Roblez has expressed this desire only after his arrival in Georgia. Except from the Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II he is going to meet the heads of other religions as well.

economics

VISIT OF THE IMF REGULAR MISSION IS SCHEDULED FOR 13-21 JUNE

This is the information delivered by the IMF representation in Georgia. David Owen the new director of the South Branch of the Fund’s II European Department will head the mission.




INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WILL BE “UNDER THE STRICTEST CONTROL”

This State Minister Giorgi Arsenishvili pledged about it the head of the European Commission delegation in Georgia Elio Germano during the meeting held on June 1. In the course of the meeting the questions on the further development of relations were considered.




GIOC TRANSFERRED 2.68M LARI TO STATE BUDGET AND NON-BUDGET FUNDS IN 1999

Georgian International Oil Corporation issued this data on 1999 results. According to it, 24.82 million barrels of the early Caspian oil have been transported via the oil pipeline Baku-Supsa totally last year, with that, transit revenues made up 7.95 million Lari.




1,761 SUITS AT 187.2M LARI FILED AGAINST DEBTOR ENTERPRISES

This is the information delivered by the Ministry of Tax Revenues. According to its data, there are suits at 162.7 million, filed against 1,399 enterprises, 736 out of them have been solved.

business

PRESENTING PROPOSALS ON JSC TBILGAZ PRIVATIZATION POSTPONED FOR 2 WEEKS

As it has become known the American Company AES failed to prepare its version, which is interested in the privatization of Tbilgaz (gas distribution network of the capital). We’ll remind to you that deadline of the presenting proposals were June 1.

society

INCIDENT IN SAMTSKHE-JAVAKHETI NOT HAVING CHARACTER OF OPPOSITION BETWEEN POPULATION AND CHURCH, PATRIARCHY DECLARES

This incident took place in the village Foka, Ninotsminda region, on June 1. The Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia Ilia II arrived there, in order to hold liturgy on this place where St.Nino, who converted Georgia to Christianity, started her mission.