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    Civil Georgia, Georgia
    March 8 2009


    Saakashvili Says Economy the Only Priority for Now

    Civil Georgia, Tbilisi / 8 Mar.'09 / 13:15


    President Saakashvili said on March 7 that the government's only
    priority right now was to avert collapse of the economy's economy and
    added that the goal would be accomplished in case of political
    stability.

    `You know that the Armenia's economy has crashed completely; why?
    Because Armenia has been totally depended on the Russian market; the
    Russian market has collapsed and the Armenia's economy has collapsed
    too. We are in the region where economies are experiencing
    difficulties; but Georgia will sustain, Georgia will survive even in
    the light of difficulties, in case of political stable situation,' he
    said.

    He said that Russia had `kicked out' Georgia from its market three
    years ago, but because of reforms the Georgian economy became
    resilient.

    `We know that people live in hardship; we should not allow the worst
    thing to happen ` the collapse economy and it will not happen, because
    everything will proceed due to our plan,' he added.

    Saakashvili was speaking at an opening of a new hotel in Tskneti,
    outskirts of Tbilisi, which is owned by Russian-based Georgian
    businessman, Tornike Kopaleishvili, an owner of network of restaurants
    in Moscow. Saakashvili called Kopaleishvili `a real patriot' for
    continuing investing in Georgia despite global economic crisis and
    despite of the August war.

    `The Georgian government simply has no other job rather than to assist
    and stand beside this kind of people,' Saakashvili said. `If
    everything goes in line of our plan, we will be able to resolve all
    the other problems as well.'
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