1/30/2006 President says Georgia emerging stronger from energy crisis I would like to welcome you all from a city of light and tell you that the energy situation is gradually returning to normal, the most important thing that has happened in recent days. Georgia is now, seven days later, stronger than before. Our people and... 1/27/2006 President Saakashvili talks on energy supply issues Welcome!Minister of Energy of Georgia has been holding negotiations with the government of Iran these days. We have achieved an agreement with Iran on the supply of natural gas. We will start receiving gas from Sunday but it will be enough only to satisfy... 1/26/2006 President Saakashvili addresses nation amid energy crisis I had to halt my very important visit to Switzerland where I was scheduled to hold impotent meetings with the government leaders and influential politicians. I believe that I should be with my people when they need me most. Before coming back to Georgia I... 1/24/2006 Joint press conference by President Saakashvili and the Swedish Prime Minister President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili: Welcome! Georgia suffers great problems today; however, today's visit by the Prime Minister of Sweden, Gran Persson, to Georgia is a great honor for us. At this time, I would like to mention that two years ago, th... 1/23/2006 President Saakashvili opens new thermoelectric power stations in Gardabani Welcome! Today is a historic day. Since independence we are opening the first big power plant in Georgia today. After independence Georgian energy system was in crisis, absolutely ruined and robbed. Georgia was in total blackout. After the Rose Revolution... 1/22/2006 Emergency statement by President Saakashvili A major act of sabotage against our country's energy system has been committed by the Russian Federation. Early this morning the three main arteries supplying Georgia with energy were simultaneously cut off. These were the two [gas] pipelines on Russian t... 1/22/2006 Remarks by President Saakashvili at the Security Council meeting What has happened today is the scenario by which we have been menaced for a long time. We have been preparing for this situation. This was a catastrophic scenario, which they could easily accomplish - simultaneously disrupting energy and gas supplies. If ... 1/22/2006 President Saakashvil’s comments on pipeline explosion to BBC news Unfortunately it looks like Georgia is experiencing a similar energy crisis to that which took place in Ukraine a few weeks ago. What I mean is that Russia remains our unreliable and unpredictable provider of energy. What happened here was, we had explosi... 1/20/2006 Address by President Saakashvili at the Institute of Manuscripts Welcome, everybody!Institute of Manuscripts is of scientific and cultural importance for Georgia. Korneli Kekelidze State Institute of Manuscripts is a unique scientific organization, where the main treasure of the Georgian nation is stored and by which w... 1/19/2006 President Saakashvili seeks to diversify energy sources The Georgian authorities acknowledged, for the first time, that the capacity of the system and the existing resources were not sufficient to supply every household. We then set ourselves a mission [former President Eduard] Shevardnadze's government had de... 1/18/2006 President Saakashvili focuses on education and healthcare programs The reason we gathered here is to discuss implementation of the national presidential program. The programs we have today are the key priorities for Georgia at this moment. Number of people involved in the program "Patriots" will double this year. Rehabil... 1/13/2006 President Saakashvili opens new cable way in Bakuriani Welcome, everybody!A year ago we, with the local businessmen, worked out a plan to build new highways in Bakuriani. This means regaining the status of a country of tourism for Georgia. There is a great competition in the tourism market, however the Georgi...

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