Daily News August 4, 1999	Days:  02 03 04 05 06

politics

LORTKIPANIDZE MET THE CHAIRMAN OF THE RF GOVERNMENT STEPASHIN

The wide range of questions, concerning Russian-Georgian relations, including security, were discussed during the meeting of the RF government's Chairman Sergei Stepashin and the Georgian State Minister Vazha Lortkipanidze held in Moscow yesterday. The talks touched upon the problems concerning the settlement of the conflicts in Caucasus as well as providing conditions for keeping viability of the Russian military bases on the Georgian territory.




ALL 19 MEMBERS OF THE CENTRAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION HAVE BEEN APPOINTED

This is the information delivered to Sarke at the press-center of the central electoral committee. There have not been the representatives of Ajara, Citizens' Union of Georgia and Laborite Party in the commission until recently.




GEORGIAN-RUSSIAN NEGOTIATIONS ON DELIVERING THE ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE TO THE REGION

The first vice-chairman of the self-declared Republic of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov arrived in Moscow to participate in the negotiations of Georgian and Russian governmental delegations on rendering economic assistance to the Tskhinvali region. Moscow and Tbilisi will reconcile their shares of participation in rehabilitation of the region damaged as a result of armed conflict.




SEVERAL THOUSANDS OF GEORGIAN VETERANS DO NOT HAVE THEIR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE PARLIAMENT

This is the information delivered by the Chairman of the coordinative Council of the Veterans' Party Nodar Giorgadze at the press-conference held in Tbilisi. In Giorgadze's words, the bloc will vote for the course of the policy carried out by the president of the country.




CHAIRMAN OF THE RUSSIAN EXPATRIATES COUNCIL OFFERS "RUSSIAN UNITY" IN SUKHUMI TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 1^ST EXPATRIATES' CONVENTION

Georgi Tikhonov, Chairman of the Expatriates Council at the State Duma of the Russian Federation, advised Nikitchenko, the leader of Sukhumi organization "Russian Unity", that the 1^st convention of expatriates is to be held in Moscow on September 19-20. The federal law About the state policy of Russia towards Russian expatriates will be discussed at the convention.




THE INTERIOR MINISTRY OF GEORGIA REFUTED THE RUMORS ON ARMED CLASHES IN AJARA

The press-service of Interior Ministry of Georgia made an official statement, flatly denying the information delivered by some sources of mass media that allegedly armed clashes took place between some terrorist groups and special troops in Ajara.According to the official data of the Autonomic Republic's Interior Ministry, on August 2 the employees of Interior and Defense Ministries of Ajara detained the suspect, citizen of Batumi, Avtandil Lomadze in village Dagva in Cobuleti region. After offering an armed resistance the suspect was first wounded then captured.




SAKARTVELO COMMERCIAL BANK DEPUTY MANAGER DETAINED IN ISTANBUL

Turkish police detained Boris Golubchenkov, citizen of Tbilisi, 61 years old. Golubenchikov is wanted at the Georgian Ministry of Security and Interpol national bureau by the red circular of 1996.

economics

THE AGREEMENT ON CREATING CHINESE-GEORGIAN TRADE-ECONOMIC COMMISSION SIGNED

This is what Ramaz Okruashvili, the head of the information department at the Ministry of State Property Management, said to Sarke correspondent. Today, the trade-economic delegation of China had a meeting with the representatives of Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations of Georgia.