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Tbilisi to Host North-Atlantic Alliance Council’s Session

Tbilisi hosts the session of NATO Council’s.
In two-day limit visit the Secretary General will meet the representatives of Georgian Government, as well as Opposition and NGO. Tomorrow on September 16 he will visit Gori, where he will see the damaged places and population who incurred losses due to the Russian aggression.
Today, on September 16, Jap de Hoop Scheffer will hold a briefing with Mikhail Saakashvili at the Avlabari Residence.
This will be the last arrangement of two-day visit. After this NATO Secretary General and the Ambassadors of 26 countries will leave Georgia.
The airplane of NATO Secretary General landed at Tbilisi international airport on September 15 at 14:20. The representatives and ambassadors of NATO member states arrived together with him. Jap de Hoop Scheffer moved to the hotel ‘Courtyard Marriot’, where the session was held. Scheffer made the preliminary speech at the session.
Jap de Hoop Scheffer and Georgian Prime Minister Lado Gurgenidze held the joint press-conference.
NATO-Georgian frame-agreement was signed yesterday, on September 15. This agreement is considered to be the significant step for Georgia’s integration in NATO.

Franco Fratini to Pay Visit to Georgia Today, September 3

Franco Fratini, the minister of foreign affairs of Italy will visit Georgia today, September 3.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia reported InterpressNews regarding this.
In the frame of his one-day-visit, the minister of foreign affairs of Italy will hold a meeting with Eka Tkeshelashvili, the minister of foreign affairs of Georgia. After the meeting a joint press conference is planned.
The meeting with Lado Gurgenidze, the Premier-minister of Georgia is in the agenda of European envoy as well. After the meeting Franco Fratini will visit the occupation museum.
The minister of foreign affairs of Italy will meet Mikheil Saakashvili, the President of Georgia, at 19:00pm.
The Italian diplomat will leave Georgia late today.

Leaders of EU Countries to Discuss Georgian-Russian Conflict at Special Summit

The leaders of the EU countries will discuss Georgian-Russian conflict at the special summit in Brussels today, September 1.
Lado Gurgenidze, the premier of Georgia and Eka Tkeshelashvili, the minister of foreign affairs of Geo
rgia will represent Georgian side at the summit.
The summit is to discuss the issue concerning imposing sanctions on Russia cause of Russia’s aggression carried out against Georgia and recognition of separatist regions. It is not excluded that EU –countries limit withdrawing visas for population of Russia. Imposing economical sanctions on Russia are backed by Poland, Baltic countries and some countries of east Europe. As for positions of west Europe it is comparably mild concerning this.
The mediators in Georgian-Russian conflicts – France and Germany are supposed to demonstrate new initiatives at the summit.
The EU probably will call on Russia once again to withdraw its troops from the territory of Georgia.
Ahead of the summit the Premier-minister of Great Britain – Gordon Brown
fixed his strict position. The premier called NATO and EU countries to oversee fundamentally the relation with Russia.
Protest rally engaged to support Georgia will be held in parallel the summit in the centre of Brussels.