Georgian PM to participate in world economic forum

Georgian PM to participate in world economic forum Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Kvirikashvili will take part in the world economic forum. He will depart for Switzerland on January 20 in order to attend the 46th session.


According to the governmental administration the PM will deliver his speech at the session – Eurasia and the Modern Silk Road within the framework of the forum. He will also participate in the ‘informal meeting of world leaders’ where the next year’s priorities will be stressed.

He will also attend meetings ‘Meet the Euro Commission’ and ‘Sixth Industrial Revolution: New European Agenda’.

Meetings with world’s leading companies including BP, Tata Sons Ltd, Lazard will also be held.

Kvirikashvili will hold face-to-face meetings with different world leaders including presidents of Switzerland and Azerbaijan, Kazakh and Dutch PMs. A meeting with U.S. Assistant Secretary Victoria Nuland is also planned to be held. He will also meet with former PM of Great Britain Tony Blair.

The Georgian delegation will leave Switzerland on January 22.

Bush Call on Russia not to Meet its Commitments and not to Recognize Separatist Regions

U.S. President George W. Bush has urged Russia not to recognize Georgia's two breakaway regions as independent, and has sent his deputy Dick Cheney to Georgia in a show of U.S. support. RIA Novosti reports.
Both houses of Russia's parliament voted unanimously on Monday in favor of a resolution asking President Dmitry Medvedev to recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, following requests from the leaders of both breakaway republics.
Bush said in a statement from his ranch in Texas, ‘I call on Russia's leadership to meet its commitments and not recognize these separatist regions.’
‘Georgia's territorial integrity and borders must command the same respect as every other nation's, including Russia's,’ he said.
Bush said recognition of the regions would be ‘inconsistent with unanimously approved United Nations Security Resolutions that Russia has consistently voted for in the past.

Bush Says Cold War Over

U.S. President George W. Bush has again reiterated Washington’s strong support to Georgia and warned Russia its actions may lead to its isolation.
‘A Cold War is over. The old days of satellite states and spheres of influence are behind us’, he said on August 15.
He reiterated that the support towards ‘people of Georgia and democratically elected government’ adding that Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity must be respected’.
He said that Georgia was a democracy, but ‘unfortunately, Russia has tended to view the expansion of freedom and democracy as a threat to its interests.’
‘Only Russia can decide whether it can put itself back on the path of responsible nations or continue to pursue the policy that promises only confrontation and isolation,’ Bush said. ‘To begin to repair relations with the United States, Europe and other nations and to begin restoring its place in world, Russia must respect the freedom of its neighbors.’
‘A contentious relationship with Russia is not in America’s interest and a contentious relationship with America is not in Russia’s interest. With these actions of recent days Russia has damaged its credibility and its relations with the nations of the free world.’
‘Moscow must honor its commitment to withdraw its invaded forces from all Georgian territory,’ George Bush said.