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| Minister Lajčák opens Representation Office of SR in Tbilisi - Miroslav Lajčák, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic, made an official visit to Georgia on 7 and 8 April 2014. The head of the Slovak diplomacy held talks with Maia Panjikidze, the Georgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, who invited him to the visit, met with Alex Petrashvili, the State Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, with Irakli Alsania, the Minister of Defense, and was received by the Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and also by the President of the Republic, Giorgi Margvelashvili. The Minister also held discussions with representatives of local non-governmental organizations during his visit. His delegation also included Zuzana Zvolenská, the Slovak Health Minister, who held talks with her department partner David Sergeenko.
Minister Lajčák indicated at the high dynamics of the political dialogue between Slovakia and Georgia during his talks with Georgian officials. “We support the ambitions of Georgia in integration with the European and Euro-Atlantic political, security and economic structures,” Minister Lajčák added. Slovakia welcomes the signing of the agreement on political association and economic integration of Georgia with the EU by the end of June. Slovakia, together with the V4 countries, will send a team of experts to Georgia from the state and private sectors who in cooperation with the local agencies will describe the benefits of the signing of this agreement to the citizens.
A positive shift has occurred in the trade and economic relations recently but the dynamics still have not reached the desired degree and possibilities of both countries. Minister Lajčák and his partners agreed on encouraging businesses in both countries to further develop the already existing contacts and to establish new ones that may bring more intensive and more substantial future trade and economic cooperation. Georgia offers prospective investment opportunities for the Slovak businesses in energy resources, transmission grids, food and processing industries as well as in tourism.
Minister Lajčák together with his Georgian partner Panjikidze festively opened the Slovak Representation Office in Tbilisi. Slovakia has in that way declared the importance that it attributes to the development of relationships with this country of the south Caucasus region. Minister Lajčák reiterated in his opening address that Slovakia is ready to assist Georgia in the process of development of democracy, reforms and approximation with European and Euro-Atlantic structures. He expressed his belief that the representation office will help to develop cooperation between the two countries in various areas and marked it as a confirmation of the Slovak-Georgian partnership. The embassy office is situated in the building of the EU Delegation to Tbilisi. This is the first event of this kind of cooperation between Slovakia and EU.
Minister Panjikidze stated that her country very much appreciates the steps and activities by Slovakia in supporting the integration ambitions of Georgia. The head of Slovak diplomacy presented the principal of a local elementary school a micro-grant of €5000 from Slovakia’s official development aid during the ceremony.
At the conclusion of his official visit to Georgia Minister Lajčák festively opened the Aqua Park Gino near Tbilisi. The park is the largest Slovak investment in Georgia and amounts to more than €20 million.
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| US reducing financial aid to Georgia - media -
The US Department of State plans to reduce financial assistance to Georgia by 19.2% in 2013, the Georgian media said on Friday.
The draft budget to be submitted to the Congress for approval retains the Georgian status of the country receiving the biggest assistance from the United States yet the aid will be cut from $85 million to $68.7 million.
The cuts will be the most significant in the economic growth project implemented in the Georgian capital city, the media said. Peace and security allocations, which help the Georgian Armed Forces reach NATO standards and upgrade skills of nuclear non-proliferation experts, are practically unchanged, $21.7 million.
On the whole, the US Department of State assistance to the South Caucasus will dip by 24%.
Georgia and the United States established diplomatic relations on April 23, 1992. Since then US financial aid to Georgia has topped $3 billion.
22.02.2013 Voice of Russia, Interfax
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| Georgian prime minister resigns - By Isabel Gorst in Moscow
Published: January 30 2009
Nika Gilauri has become the fifth Georgian prime minister in as many years following Grigol Mgaloblishvili’s resignation after only three months in office.
Mr Mgaloblishvili’s departure on Friday, citing poor health, ended a stormy week in Georgian politics where opposition leaders have demanded the resignation of Mikheil Saakashvili, the country’s embattled president.
“It is bad timing to change the head of government, but Georgia cannot afford to be without a prime minister at this point,” he said.
The spokesman said Mr Mgaloblishvili had “done a good job” in battling to contain an economic downturn in Georgia triggered by the disastrous war with Russia last August over Georgia’s breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
Georgia’s economy was booming before the war, but growth slowed to 1.5 per cent last year from more than 12 per cent in 2007 as foreign investment evaporated.
Reports in a Georgian tabloid that Mr Saakashvili threw a telephone at Mr Mgaloblishvili during a meeting last year circulated widely in the Russian media but have been denied by both men.
In an unusual show of unity, 12 Georgian opposition groups signed a declaration this week accusing Mr Saakashvili of leading the country to “catastrophe” and demanding that he step down.
Mr Saakashvili, who swept to power after the Rose Revolution in 2004, has promised political reforms but vowed to stay in office until the next presidential election in 2013.
Mr Gilauri attended a summit in Budapest on behalf of Mr Mgaloblishvili this week to discuss the Nabucco project to transport Caspian gas across the Caucasus to Europe, which would bolster Georgia’s role as a strategic energy route to the west.
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| Georgia`s Saakashvili Sacks Military Chief - 4.november 2008
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili replaced the country's military leader on Tuesday, saying "shortcomings" during a war with Russia need addressing.
"We must not forget that the enemy still stands at our door," said Saakashvili, who had not previously criticised the military's performance despite Russia driving the Georgian army from breakaway South Ossetia in just a few days in August's war.
"I want to thank the previous chief of the general staff, but I also want to say that the shortcomings we uncovered must be eliminated," he said.
Russian troops pulled back from buffer zones last month to within South Ossetia and the second breakaway region of Abkhazia, having repelled a Georgian bid to retake South Ossetia from pro-Moscow separatists.
Several thousand Russian troops remain in both regions, which the Kremlin has recognised as independent states.
Tens of thousands of Georgian villagers displaced by the fighting remain homeless.
Pro-Western Saakashvili, under fire from opponents over his handling of the crisis, told a meeting of Defence Ministry officials he had replaced Chief of Staff Zaza Gogava.
Career soldier Vladimer Chachibaia will replace Gogava who becomes head of the Georgian border police.
Saakashvili replaced the prime minister last week, saying the government needed new energy after the war. The reshuffled cabinet contains only four changes.
Some opposition factions have called for a protest outside the parliament on Friday, the first anniversary of a police crackdown against opposition demonstrators that shocked Saakashvili's Western backers.
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| Georgia - Political system: Republic
Capital city: Tbilisi
Total area: 69 700 km²
Population: 4.3 million
Currency: Lari
The official website of the Parliament of Georgia provides a description of the role of Parliament in the Georgian political system as well as a document section including international agreements and treaties and national legislation. A brief history of the country and basic data fact-sheets are also featured.
Site in English and Georgian
The official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs gives an overview of the activities of the Ministry including a database of press releases and a calendar of meetings. Two special sections cover the key issues regarding Georgia’s relations with NATO and the EU. The website also features a country profile section providing general information on the country and an “Invest in Georgia” section.
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| Slovak MFA and Chairman of Committee of Ministers of CE Mr. J. Kubiš on official visit to Georgia (Publikované dňa: 26.11.2007) - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic and the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe Mr. Ján Kubiš pays official visit to Georgia on November 27th –28th. During the visit, he will be received by the Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia Mrs. Nino Burdžanadze, by the newly-appointed Prime Minister Mr. Lado Gurgenidze and also the ex-president of Georgia and the coalition presidential candidate Mr. Michail Saakašvili. Talks will be focused on the strengthening of the political dialogue, economic co-operation and Slovakia´s support to Georgia´s euroatlantic ambitions.
Minister J. Kubiš will also meet representatives of the parliamentary and non-parliamentary opposition parties including the opposition presidential candidates and the representatives of the Georgian NGO´s.
The present political situation in Georgia before the upcoming presidential elections will be also the main topic of Mr. Kubiš discussion with the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe Mr. Igor Gaon and the Head of the Mission of the European Commission in Georgia and the Deputy Head of Mission of the OSCE Mr. Veselin Nikolajev.
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| Midnight train from Georgia sees Russia complete military pullout - MOSCOW, November 15 (RIA Novosti) - Russia has completed a pullout of military personnel and equipment from a Soviet-era base in Batumi, Georgia, an aide to the chief of the Russian Ground Forces said on Thursday.
The last train containing Russian servicemen and property left the base in southern Georgia for Armenia, at 01:10 a.m. local time on Thursday (09:10 p.m. GMT on Wednesday).
"The train is en route to the 102nd military base in the town of Gyumri in Armenia," Col. Igor Konashenkov said, adding that it would reach its destination by Thursday night.
The Batumi base commander, the commander of Russia's contingent in the South Caucasus, as well as 150 servicemen and their families are on the train, which is also carrying some 200 metric tons of equipment.
The Batumi pullout means that no Russian troops remain in Georgia except for peacekeepers in the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, said General of the Army Alexei Maslov, the Ground Forces commander.
Under an agreement between the former Soviet republics, Russia was to complete the closure of its base in Batumi by the end of 2008.
Last December, Russia completed the pullout of its military garrison from Tbilisi, handing over control of its headquarters to Georgia's Defense Ministry, and formally handed over its military base at Akhalkalaki in southern Georgia to Tbilisi in June, ahead of the October 2007 deadline.
The tiny Caucasus nation has sought to join NATO and other European organizations since U.S.-educated President Mikheil Saakashvili came to power on the back of street protests in 2003.
However, similar opposition demonstrations against Saakashvili last week led to the announcement of early presidential elections, set for January 5. Saakashvili has blamed Russia for tension in the country, expelling three Russian diplomats on November 8.
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