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    SAAKASHVILI: UNITED CAUCASUS HAS NO ALTERNATIVE

    Civil Georgia
    http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=24200
    Nov 29 2011
    Georgia

    Speaking after meeting with his visiting Armenian counterpart, Serzh
    Sargsyan, President Saakashvili said on November 29, that the united
    Caucasus had no alternative.

    "Our concept is of course based on the United Caucasus concept. I am
    sure that all the conflicts in the Caucasus are imposed by the empire
    force whose major principle is divide and rule," Saakashvili said.

    "It is in the interests of all the people and the states of the
    Caucasus to have united Caucasus, united economic space of the Caucasus
    and in the perspective creation of the united political commonwealth,"
    he said.

    "It will definitely be implemented; it has no alternative for our
    people, for our small countries," Saakashvili continued. "I am sure the
    conflicts, which were artificially imposed on our countries, will be
    resolved sooner or later - I think much sooner than anyone can imagine
    it. We will manage to find more common language and to integrate into
    the European space faster, if there is less interference from outside."

    ~USaakashvili Speaks of 'United Caucasus' in UN Speech - 2010

    In a statement for the press after the meeting, Saakashvili also
    praised personally Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan his contribution
    to having "problem-free" bilateral relations between two countries
    and called him "old and reliable friend".

    He said that Georgia and Armenia had never had such good relations
    in the recent history as now.

    "Our relations are exemplary not only in our region, but on the
    internally scale," Saakashvili said.

    He also said that the two countries would further boost ties,
    including through easing border crossing procedures by introducing
    one-stop border posts.

    President Sargsyan said that relations between the two countries had
    been "developing dynamically" in recent years in all the spheres and
    the pace should be continued.

    The Armenian President also said that although trade turnover between
    the two countries increased by 20%, the figures were still low and
    there was a potential for further increase.

    Foreign trade turnover between Armenia and Georgia stood at USD 207.4
    million in January-September, 2011, according to the Georgian state
    statistics office. Armenia is the only country among Georgia's top
    ten trading partners with whom Georgia had a positive trade balance
    (USD 124.4 million) in the first three quarters of 2011.

    The Armenian President also said that planned construction of a new
    road, which would shorten distance from Armenia to Georgia's Black
    Sea port in Batumi Adjara Autonomous Republic, was important in terms
    of trade and economic cooperation.

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