Daily News August 3, 1999	Days:  30 02 03 04 05

politics

LORTKIPANIDZE HAS LEFT FOR MOSCOW TO ATTEND THE SESSION OF THE RUSSIAN-GEORGIAN ECONOMIC COMMISSION

According to the information delivered from Moscow, the State Minister of Georgia Vazha Lortkipanidze, who arrived in Moscow today to participate in the work of the III session of the Russian-Georgian intergovernmental economic commission, is going to meet with the Prime-Minister of RF Sergei Stepashin on the eve of the session. Lortkipanidze went to Moscow on the invitation of the Russian government, which proposed to combine the State Minister’s official visit with the participation in the work of the bilateral commission.




GEORGIAN OFFICER WILL BE TRAINED IN ITALY BY THE PROGRAM OF NATO

The representative of the Georgian armed forces in the NATO headquarters David Nairashvili is going to Italy, where he will be trained by the Northern-Atlantic block program. This is the information delivered at the General Staff of the Georgian armed forces.




THE RUSSIAN SERVICEMEN HAVE LEFT THE TERRITORY OF 15^TH CANTONMENTS

The Russian servicemen have left the territory of 15 cantonments in Akhalkalaki region (the south of Georgia), where 62^nd Russian military base has been located. This territory is going to be occupied by the Georgian military servicemen.




SHEVARDNADZE VISITED UPLAND OF GEORGIA

Today, the president of Georgia Eduard Shevardnadze went to visit the eastern mountainous part of Georgia Mta-Tusheti. This is one of the biggest animal-breeding centers in Georgia.

economics

TWO OF THE FIVE MEMBERS OF THE GEORGIAN COMMISSION OF SECURITIES HAVE TO BE GEORGIAN RESIDENTS

The commission will control all the operations at Georgian stock market. The 2:5 relation was envisaged by the amendment to the law “About the market of securities” made last week at the special session of the Parliament.




GEORGIA WILL NOT PAY FOR ITS SERVICES

This is what Tamaz Maglakelidze, the head of the Customs Department, said at today’s briefing. He will personally select 20 to 25 British employees next week while on a visit to Great Britain, said Maglakelidze.




NOTWITHSTANDING THE HEAVY CROP OF POTATO (75,000 TONS) HIGH COSTS ON THE MARKET REMAIN UNCHANGED

This is the information delivered by Irakli Dvali, head of the informational support service of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. In Dvali’s words, the liberal share of the domestic potato has been exported to the north Caucasus and Russia.




ON AUGUST 1 THE WATERING SYSTEM STARTED OPERATING IN KAVTISKHEVI

This is the information delivered by Irakli Dvali, the head of the informational support service of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, during the press conference held at the Ministry. The watering system will provide watering of 2,200 hectares of the land.

business

TNT IS EAGER TO MONOPOLIZE EXPRESS DISTRIBUTION SERVICES IN GEORGIA

This is what Nino Menteshashvili, TNT Sales Manager, said to Sarke correspondent. TNT branch office functions in Georgia since 1995 with local offices in Poti, Kutaisi, Batumi and Eastern Georgia.