PRESIDENT OFFERED THE NEW CANDIDATE TO THE POST OF THE DEFENSE MINISTER
Yesterday at the sitting of the National Security Counsel was heard the information of the Procurator General Jamlet Babilashvili about the progress of the case investigation on the fact of lay-up of the President escort jets on April 27. It was informed, that the engines of all three jets, located at the Russian military base Vaziani, were damaged.
IN MOSCOW SHEVARDNADZE IS GOING TO INSIST ON MAKING THE DECISION ON REGULATING IN ABKHAZIA. ARDZINBA FINDS THAT NO DECISION WILL MAKE DIFFERENCE TO HIM
President Eduard Shevardnadze departs today evening to Moscow to participate in the CIS summit. This decision was made yesterday as a result of the consultations with the Counsel of the State Security.
GEORGIA IS NOT GOING TO STATE THE QUESTION ON MOVING OUT THE RUSSIAN PEACEKEEPING FORCES FROM ABKHAZIA AT THE CIS SUMMIT
Minister of the Foreign Affairs Irakli Menagarishvili stated on Sunday that Georgia is not going to bring up the question on moving out the Russian peacekeepers from Abkhazia at the CIS summit. According to him, this question can only be brought up with the consideration of the Georgian interests, yet the presence of the Russian peacekeepers in Abkhazia corresponds them.
TODAY TO AJARA ARRIVES THE ABKHAZIAN DELEGATION
The Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed Republic of Abkhazia Sergei Bagapsh heads the Delegation. This is the response visit after the recent visit of the Ajarian Delegation to Sukhumi.
PRESIDENT IS STILL SATISFIED WITH THE RESULTS OF THE MEETING WITH THE AJARIAN LEADER
President’s Press Secretary Vakhtang Abashidze informed, that Eduard Shevardnadze gave a high evaluation to the process of revival occurring in Abkhazia, directed to “increase the Georgian welfare”. President finds that one should not overdramatize the relationship problems of this autonomy, among them also in Parliament.
GEORGIAN AND OSSETIAN SIDES ACCUSE EACH OTHER IN TAKING OVER THE LANDS IN TSKHINVALI REGION
In Tskhinvali was held the 4-sided working meeting of the collective peacekeeping forces, in which participated the law machinery representatives from Georgia and the self-proclaimed Republic of South Ossetia. The Ossetian side raised the question on the so-called debatable lands and offered to discuss it at the oncoming sitting of the mixed control commission on regulating.
THE EUROPEAN COUNSEL CONTRIBUTES TO THE QUALITY INCREASE OF PREPARING THE GEORGIAN PROCURATORS
In the framework of the legal cooperation program between Georgia and European Counsel, on April 30 is planned the conducting of the mutual meeting on the question of preparing the Procurator’s Office staff in the legal state. With this goal, the representative delegation of Eurocounsel will visit Georgia.