Daily News June 6, 2000	Days:  02 05 06 07 08

politics

ITALY READY TO JOIN THE GROUP OF FRIENDS OF THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL

This is the announcement made by the ambassador of Italy during his meeting with the State Minster of Georgia on June 5. Michelangelo Pipani stated that his country supported the territorial integrity of Georgia, stressing Italy’s readiness to do its utmost for the Abkhaz conflict settlement.




SHEVARDNADZE CONSIDERS RUSSIAN-US SUMMIT IN MOSCOW AS A STEP FORWARD

While commenting the meeting between the US and Russian Presidents, the Georgian President stressed in his radio interview on June 5 that relaxation of climate in relations of 2 countries was necessary for them as well as for the whole world. There have been and will be many problems yet the point is to begin a big dialogue and no doubt the meeting in Moscow is the step forward, Shevardnadze declared.




RUSSIAN MILITARY DELEGATION ARRIVED IN TBILISI TODAY

The visit of the experts of the Russian Defense Ministry aims to discuss the questions to be considered during the second round of the Russian-Georgian negotiations on military issues. We'll remind to you that according to the decision made during the 1^st round, Russia would finish reduction of its military equipment on the Georgian territory by the end of the year and disband Vaziani and Gudauta bases till July 1, 2001.




VALERI CHKHEIDZE AND KONSTANTIN TOTSKY BACKED THE DRAFT AGREEMENT ON FRONTIER REPRESENTATIONS

According to the press-service of the Frontier Department, during the meeting the FFS of Russia Director and the Chairman of the Frontier Department have expressed the mutual desire to speed up the works on the preparation of this intergovernmental agreement. It should be noted that under the presidential decree Valeri Chkheidze is granted the right to sign the very agreement itself.




PRESIDENT PROMISED TO PRESENT NEW CANDIDATURE ON THE POST OF THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURAL AFTER ONE WEEK

This is the announcement made by the President at the traditional briefing on Monday. To all appearance, Bakur Gulua will not be re-nominated.

economics

FIRST SESSION OF THE NEWLY SHAPED GOVERNMENT WILL BE HELD TOMORROW

The first question in the agenda – consideration of the ministries’ activities on the realization of the President’s program and their further tasks. The session will consider the situation in the Industry, Economics and Trade Ministries and will conduct the hearing of report made on the state budget implementation for the 5 months of this year.




WB HAS SENT ITS NEW REPRESENTATIVE TO GEORGIA

The President Eduard Shevardnadze met the WB new representative Tevfik Yaprak today. He was officially introduced by the WB regional director Judy O’Connor, who has specially arrived in Tbilisi.




AFTER 4-5 YEARS GEORGIA WILL BE ABLE TO DO WITHOUT IMPORT OF OIL PRODUCTS, PRESIDENT IS CONFIDENT

This is the announcement made by Eduard Shevardnadze in his radio interview on May 5, noting that if the oilfields in Kakheti “were mentioned with irony” before, it has become clear now that there is oil there. In order to support his words, he provided information about 120,000 t oil extracted at the Taribana oilfield on June 2 only.

business

EBRD WILL HAVE TO SETTLE THE CONFLICT CONNECTED WITH THE TENDER ON THE SUPPLY OF THE RAILWAY RAIL TIERS

The tender commission gave preference the British Company Pendrol, rejecting the offer of the German firm Folsa. According to the head of the commission, the LLC Georgian Railway deputy director general Igor Mikadze, sleepers of the Georgian production are matched only by the bracing of the English company.