Daily News September 27, 1999	Days:  23 24 27 28 29

politics

THE PRESIDENT OF GEORGIA IS NOT GOING TO RUN FOR THE POST OF THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL

Eduard Shevardnadze made this announcement at the briefing today. As the President noted, “those wishing him to leave Georgia” claim about his intention to run for this post.




SHEVARDNADZE DOES NOT CONSIDER THE GEORGIA-RUSSIAN RELATIONS TO BE AGGRAVATED

Besides, the President of Georgia declared at the briefing today that “some misunderstanding has arisen between the countries lately”. He expressed his hope that “Russia will be wise enough”, to overcome it.




CHECHEN PARLIAMENTARIANS ASK FOR THE INFORMATIONAL SUPPORT

The delegation of Chechen Parliament visited Tbilisi on September 25. During the negotiations held with the Georgia parliamentarians the guests declared that they do not have the access to the international information channels in Chechnya, while information delivered by the Russian mass media about the developments in the Republic does not conform to reality.




GEORGIA HAS PEACEFUL WAYS OF DEALING WITH THE CONFLICT IN ABKHAZIA, SHEVARDNADZE CLAIMS

This is the announcement made by the President at the briefing today, responding the question whether Georgia uses the Russian experience in Chechnya for the settlement of the Abkhaz conflict. We are not going to bomb the Abkhaz territory, we are not going to sweep off the population of Abkhazia, Shevardnadze stressed.




GEORGIA NEEDS SUPPORT OF ALL THE INTERNATIONAL STRUCTURES FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF THE ABKHAZ CONFLICT

This is the announcement made by the chairman of the parliamentary fraction Citizens’ Union Michael Saakashvili, while addressing the session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. He noted that notwithstanding the numerous resolutions of the international, including the European Organizations, the peaceful process in Abkhazia could not come out of deadlock.




VLADISLAV ARDZINBA CONTINUES HIS PRE ELECTION CAMPAIGN

The center of informational support on the political conflict in Abkhazia, supporting on the information provided by the Sukhumi TV, informed about Ardzinba’s pre election campaign in Gali region. According to the center “a certain contingent” in which the representatives of Gali region made minority, has been admitted to the meeting.




THE RELATION PROBLEMS BETWEEN THE CENTRAL AUTHORITIES AND AJARA

In his radio interview today the President of Georgia declared that, “its obvious that the budget has been robbed in one of the regions of the country”, because, “not a single Tetri has been transferred to Tbilisi” from there. “My patience can be limitless but everyone has to take into consideration the country’s needs especially the people claiming to be patriots”, declared the President of Georgia.




TURKEY THANKS GEORGIA FOR THE LIQUIDATION OF THE EARTHQUAKE CONSEQUENCES

As it is known, the employees of the Department on emergency situations of Georgia participated in the rescuing operations in Turkey. Today, the extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador of Turkey in Georgia thanked Georgia for the assistance.

economics

THE STATE BUDGET PROJECT FOR 2000 WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE PARLIAMENT FOR CONSIDERATION TILL OCTOBER 1

The next year’s budget project has been considered during the session of the government. The Finance Minister David Onoprishvili made a report on it.




PEASANTS OF TSKALTUBO REGION HAVE RECEIVED LAND OWNERS’ CERTIFICATES

The ceremony of giving certificates was held in the village Maglaki (Imereti region). As it is known, thanks to the USAID’s assistance in the framework of the land market creation, the certificates are delivered to farmers for free.

society

THE ORGANIZATION AGAINST HUNGER HAS BEEN CONTINUING THE PROGRAM ON SUPPORTING ABKHAZIA

Mario Gordon, the head of the organization Against Hunger, delivered information about the works that has been done during the recent months by the organization, and spoke about further development of the program during his meeting with theForeign Minister of the self-proclaimed Republic of Abkhazia. Namely, the organization intends to assist in the rehabilitation of the devastated economy by way of creation cooperatives for supporting the population in sales of products.