Russian Foreign Minister has commented on the statement made by the Swedish Foreign Minister during his recent visit to Georgia - Carl Bildt warned Georgian opposition about the possible counter-productivity of street demonstrations. Carl Bildt said the approach of some opposition leaders that the results of the election should be decided not at the polling stations but in the streets afterwards was quite strange and called on all political parties to recognize the results of the election.
The representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Aleksandr Lukashevich says that the Sweden Minister has always firmly supporting Arab revolutions and street protests around the world, but this time he has expressed a different position about demonstrations and freedom of expression.
`His attempt to determine the possible reaction on possible violation of democratic norms in Georgia in advance, should be assessed as an inconsistent approach to the issue,` Lukashevich said and added that Carl Bildt would have to make definitions about this position during his upcoming visit to Moscow.
State of Vanuatu has withdrawn its decision to recognize the independence of Georgia`s breakaway region of Abkhazia - country`s prime minister Moana Carcasses Kalosil has told Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili at their meeting recently.
Police had to drive protestors away from the central highway in the village of Bakurtsikhe today. The residents of five villages of the Gurjaani region rallied in the village demanding compensation of the damage inflicted onto the region by the hail and windstorm last week.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia dismisses the reports about the summoning of Georgian ambassador to Netherlands by the local authorities regarding the dispersal of the LGBT rally in Tbilisi on May 17.
Nino Burjanadze, who currently leads Democratic Movement - United Georgia, plans to run for the president. The decision of the People`s Assembly, the member of which is Burjanadze`s party, was announced today.
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Administration of the President of Georgia has responded to the statement of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Davit Zalkaniani, who accused the administration of non-coordinated work on diplomatic arena.
Workers of the JSC Zestaphoni Ferroalloys Plant have been on strike since the morning today demanding 50% growth of their salaries. The protestors have also objected to the working terms at night shift and demanded the 20% growth of the salary for it.
Former chief of the Agency of Protected Areas of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, Giorgi Shovnadze held a briefing today to make definitions regarding the reasons of his dismissal.
