FROM MAY 11 TO MAY 15 STARTS THE WORKING VISIT OF THE GEORGIAN DELEGATION TO US
The Delegation, headed by the Minister of the Foreign Affaires Irakli Menagarishvili, also includes the Parliament committee on Defense and Security Chairman Revaz Adamia, State borderline guard Department Chairman Valeri Chkheidze, and other officials. The meetings with the US State Secretary Deputy, with the special representative of the State Department on conflict regulation in Azerbaijan (Nagorni Karabakh) and of the other new independent states, with the Deputy Defense Minister, with the Head of the Coast Guard service, with the Minister of Energy, with the Chief coordinator of the State Department on NIS questions, with the Chief Director of the Department of Russia, Ukraine and the Eurasian states of the National Security Counsel, are planned.
GEORGIAN PRESIDENT IS GOING PERSONALLY TO CONGRATULATE AZERBAIJANIAN PRESIDENT WITH HIS 75TH BIRTHDAY
With this purpose Eduard Shevardnadze on May 9 will depart to Baku with the 1-day visit. As informed in the press service of the Georgian President, during the meeting of Shevardnadze and Aliyev, will be discussed the questions of the mutual relations and of the regional problems.
TODAY WITH THE PRESIDENT SHEVARDNADZE’S HEADING WAS HELD THE SITTING OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNSEL
There were discussed the questions of the Georgian Defense Ministry’s participation in the European Security structures and of the state border guard condition. Besides, the Counsel members discussed the mercy order of the convicted and listened to the Defense Minister’s report on preparing the parade for the Independence Day.
THE OFFICIAL VISIT OF THE HEAD OF RUSSIAN DEFENSE DEPARTMENT TO TBILISI WILL BE HELD ON MAY 25-26
As informed at the press service of the Georgian Defense Ministry, during his visit, the RF Defense Minister Igor Sergeev will visit Abkhazia and get aquainted with the activity of the peacekeeping forces in the conflict zone. He may participate in the military parade in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of announcing the Georgian State independence, which will be held in Tbilisi on May 26.
IN TBILISI WITH UNOFFICIAL VISIT STAYS THE CHECHEN VICE PRIME MINISTER
Yesterday was held the meeting of the Vice Prime of the Chechen Republic Ichkeria Achmed Zakayev with the Georgian Parliament Chairman Zurab Zhvania. According to Zakayev, there is nothing sensational in his visit.
THE NEXT CESSION OF THE ABKHAZIAN LEGITIMATE ORGAN OF AUTHORITY WILL BE HELD IN ZUGDIDI ON MAY 21-22
About this informed in the press service of acting in Tbilisi Supreme Counsel of the autonomous Republic of Abkhazia. At the cession is expected to discuss the questions regarding the position of refugees from the Abkhazian conflict zone, temporarily living in the western Georgia, and also the situation in Gali region.
PRESIDENT SHEVARDNADZE ORDERED TO COMBINE THE ROW OF THE TSKHINVALI REGION PROGRAMS IN THE SOLE LONG-TERM ONE
This order approves the proposal of the all-Georgian youth association Tskhinvali in Future to form the program Building of the Peaceful Future Depends on Us. In its limits are combined the programs Tskhinvali – the City of Our Future, New Leaders, Talents of the 21st Century, Let’s Save Our Inheritance, Olympians of the 21st Century.
UN ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE REALIZED IN GEORGIA ECONOMIC PROCESS
Mentioning this fact, the President’s Assistant on the questions of the economic reforms Temur Basilia emphasized the importance, for Georgia, of deepening the connections with this organization. According to him, the different assistance programs are successfully realized, in particular, the projects in the post conflict zones.
THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO GEORGIA VISITED BATUMI
Ambassador of France to Georgia Mirelle Mussot visited the Batumi State University, met with the representatives of city society. At the meeting with the Chairman of the Supreme Counsel of the autonomous Republic of Ajara Aslan Abashidze, Ambassador highly evaluated the changes happening in the autonomous Republic and its capital.
TURKISH EMBASSY IN GEORGIA IS GOING TO PUSH TWO COUNTRIES’ COOPERATION
About this stated, to the mass media representative, the extraordinary and plenipotentiary Ambassador of Turkish Republic in Georgia. Should be mentioned that the Head of the Turkish diplomatic mission is in this rank for 15 days.
THE GOVERNMENT APPROVED THE DRAFT “ON AMENDMENTS TO THE LABOR CODE”
The draft aims to define the principles of stating the minimal salary and its legal regulating. In particular, it is stated that the minimal salary is a social-economical norm of the permissible minimal labor reimbursement, the defining base of which is the living wage.
THE HEADQUARTERS ON THE SOCIAL PROBLEMS, CREATED IN THE PARLIAMENT, JOINED THE REPRESENTATIVES OF ALL FRACTIONS
According to the statement of the Headquarters Chairman Koba Amirkhanashvili, the purpose of its creation is the aid to the socially unprotected groups of the population, in particular, to the retired, people moved by force, handicapped. The term of the Headquarters on the social problems functioning is undefined.
AT THE END OF THIS MONTH WILL BE ANNOUNCED THE TENDER ON WORKING OUT THE TRANSCASPIAN GAS-MAIN PROJECT
By the tender commission will be discussed 3 alternative projects of laying the gas-line, which will go from the western Turkmenia through the bed of the Caspian Sea, through Baku and Tbilisi to the Turkish port Ceyhan. According to the data Sarke’s received from the Georgian governmental sources, the readiness to participate in the announced by the Turkmenian government contest already showed about 8 American oil and engineering companies.
UKRAINE HOLDS THE NEGOTIATIONS IN WASHINGTON ABOUT ITS POSSIBLE PARTICIPATION IN TRANSPORTING OF THE CASPIAN OIL TO THE WEST
As became known to Sarke from the sources in the State Oil Company Saknavtobi, the matter in question is the use of the route Baku-Supsa with the future oil transporting by tankers to the Odessa terminal and using the pipeline Odessa-Brodi. This direction, according to the Ukrainian specialists, is shorter, than the way to the Turkish port Ceyhan.
THE EXPERT EVALUATION OF THE SHADOW EXPORT-IMPORT SIZE ADUMBRATES ABOUT SHADOW ECONOMY SCALE
As stated the Minister of the Economy Vladimir Papava, the production of the alcohol drinks can be used as an example. According to the presented data, in the country is gathered 350,000 t of grapes, from which after the processing is left 300,000 t.
IT IS PLANNED TO ACCELERATE THE PACE OF COMMUNAL SPHERE REFORM
With this purpose, in the Ministry of Urbanization and Construction is worked out the special concept. Should be mentioned, that from 1997 to the Ministry was annexed the state combine of the former communal households, which presently functions with the department status.
THE HUMAN AID OF COUNTERPART INTERNATIONAL
Over 2,000 people in Shida Kartli (handicapped and orphans, lonely retired, socially unprotected families) received the clothes from this human organization. The clothes were also distributed to the pupils of the Signakhi orphanage, to the multi-children families in Telavi and Tianeti, to the people moved by force living in Tbilisi and Borjomi, suffered from the elements and to the families from Ajara placed in Marneuli, and also to the Afghanistan and Abkhazia war veterans.
DURING 4 MONTHS, BY THE MAIN DEPARTMENT ON FIGHT WITH CORRUPTION AND ECONOMIC CRIMES, WERE ELICITED 334 CRIMES
According to the information from the Ministry of the Interior Affairs, this showing by 92 units exceeds the data during the analogous period of the last year. Among this, the facts of the contraband were stated 21 (by 13 more, than last year), bribery – 17 (by 3 more), issuing and realizing false money – 16 (by 7 more), state property embezzlement – 128 (by 6 more), hiding of incomes – 21 (by 4 more), jobbery – 32 (by 15 more), negligence – 10, falsification – 32, violating the trade rules and other crimes – 33.
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