EMM News Explorer: Grigol Vashadze

[ said]: We are still actively involved in both military and civilian projects in Afghanistan and we intend to continue our active participation in NATO operations

georgiatimes 06-DEC-11

[-noted]: We have been actively involved in both military and civilian projects in Afghanistan and we intend to continue it,

trendnews 06-DEC-11

[-noted]: Georgia is one of the largest contributors to operations in Afghanistan. Therefore, it is very important that we were included in the decision making process, as well as discussion of future plans,

trendnews 06-DEC-11

[-said]: a very condensed period of time,

civil 02-DEC-11

[-said]: We discussed reforms in the economy, ways to improve the justice system, as well as political dialogue,

trendnews 02-DEC-11

[-said]: So, this visit will sum up the results, on the one hand, and on the other, it will mark the launch of a new stage in our relationships,

civil 16-NOV-11

[-said]: Over the last year, in the context of the renewed European Neighborhood Policy and Eastern Partnership, we have engaged in a process of significant strengthening of our relations with Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, including through negotiations of association agreements.

xinhuanet_en 16-NOV-11

[ said]: As for the so-called unified customs space, or the Eurasian Union, or any other organization set up under the auspices of Russia, Georgia has no desire, no plans to join these organizations,

watchingamerica 11-NOV-11

[-told]: Where are you getting that information from? No visit was cancelled,

rferl 08-NOV-11

[ said]: I am here with a purpose to prepare the Armenian President’s visit [to Georgia],

asbarez 08-NOV-11

[-told]: I am here to organize the Armenian President’s visit,

panorama 07-NOV-11

[said:]: There was an agreement that during my visit to Armenia, we will discuss the details of the forthcoming presidential visit the date of which will further be determined.

panarmenian 07-NOV-11

[-told]: Where are you taking that information from? No visit was cancelled,

azg 07-NOV-11

[-said]: I am happy to say that my Finnish colleagues gave a very high marks, assessed highly Georgian attempts to cut a deal with Russia on Russia’s WTO accession; we are getting close to that moment and hopefully soon we will have initialed and signed agreement,

civil 05-NOV-11

[-said]: Georgia will do its best to preserve the Geneva format,

itartass_en 26-OCT-11

[-said]: It is difficult to remember when the politician told the truth for the last time. Russia actually attempted to slow down Georgia's NATO integration, where in 2008 invaded our country, began to kill innocent civilians, expelled people from their homes. This is Russia's policy,

trendnews 26-OCT-11

[-said]: NATO welcomes the democratic reforms which are being carried out in Georgia,

trendnews 26-OCT-11

[-said]: . In case of necessity Georgia is ready to assume the role of a broker in the conflict settlement process,

armenpress 26-OCT-11

[-said]: Georgia's position is clear: all sovereign states are entitled to set up a political or economic organization or a union. As for the so-called common customs area, or a Eurasian union, or any other organization set up under the Russian Federation's auspices, Georgia has no desire or plans to join it,

kyivpost 19-OCT-11

[ said]: I think that we have an outstanding political relationship and everybody has stressed the necessity to transform that wonderful political relationship now into mutually beneficial economic relationships,

pina 05-OCT-11

[ explained]: I also expressed my concern over the militarization of these regions, where the armed forces of Russia are concentrating

georgiatimes 20-SEP-11

[-commented]: The priority tasks and objectives is to create a safe and peaceful environment for Georgia in order that the country continued democratic and economic development

georgiatimes 14-SEP-11

[ said]: 2012 will be difficult for Georgia since we should solve big problems

georgiatimes 14-SEP-11

[-said]: Of course these are very difficult negotiations; the both sides know each other’s position; the Georgian side is permanently making compromises; the Russian side stands stubbornly on its fixated position like on Borodino [battlefield a reference to 1812 battle between Russia and the invading French army],

civil 13-SEP-11

[-said]: These talks have been very difficult. Both sides know each other's position. The Georgian side is ready to make certain compromises, but the Russian side is standing firmly, as it once stood [in the Battle] at Borodino Field, and does not want to change anything,

kyivpost 13-SEP-11

[ said]: Negotiations were very difficult. Both sides have their own terms. The Georgian side makes compromises while Russia stands on their positions

georgiatimes 13-SEP-11

[-said]: to ascertain on the ground how fast our country is developing and how our macroeconomic parameters, our democratic reforms, our defense budget and our participation in peacekeeping missions are in line with NATO standards,

civil 12-SEP-11

[-added]: I am also interested whether journalists apologize before our law enforcement agencies or not after all the evidence into the case will be revealed in the court,

ge_civil_en 18-JUL-11

[-said]: As far as a reaction from some of our so called media sources and press is concerned, to say the truth I am very dissatisfied because they ask absolutely unfounded questions for example if [Giorgi Abdaladze, one of the arrested photographers, who was hired by the Foreign Ministry] had access [to confidential information] or not, as if a spy operates in accordance what he has or has not access to,

ge_civil_en 18-JUL-11

[-said]: These evidence will be put before the court. Secondly, all the accused have given confession statements and as I have already told you previously that [making confession by photographers] was expected, because the case contains extremely weighty evidence,

ge_civil_en 18-JUL-11

[-said]: Let us all wait for the trial, because in any democratic state the court is the last instance, which has to give its verdict,

ge_civil_en 14-JUL-11

[-said]: Each employee of the Foreign Ministry, who has a diplomatic post or rank, has access to secret information. Of course, persons, who work here [in the Foreign Ministry] on a contract basis and a person, who is a photographer, cannot have access to secret information. But, as this person was uploading photos [of various events in the Foreign Ministry] in several computers, he could have gained access to some documents through these computers,

ge_civil_en 14-JUL-11

[-said]: We have an agreement to hold bilateral meetings three or four times a year. We meet to discuss and resolve the existing problems,

panarmenian 29-JUN-11

[-said]: The relations between Armenia and Georgia had never been on this level,

armradio 29-JUN-11

[-said]: We meet 3-4 times annually, and therefore do not allow the problems in our relationship to pile up. We discussed all questions of mutual interest this time,

trendnews 29-JUN-11

[-said]: Never before relations between our two countries have been like they are now; although we have never had bad relations; the Presidents of the two countries have largely contributed to this,

ge_civil_en 29-JUN-11

[-said]: But we never said that we are going to stop those talks; we are not stopping them. We are simply telling to Russia, that you can not have two tracks training and sending terrorists into the country and then talking to us in Geneva about security arrangements,

ge_civil_en 18-JUN-11

[ said]: We implement the task of our presidents on deepening relations between our two countries in political and economic spheres, as well as the rapprochement of our peoples,

trendnews 13-JUN-11

[-said]: A crowd of outsiders tried to obstacle the celebration of the most sacred holiday for the Georgian people. It was not the dispersal of the rally, but the suppression of the fact of a law violation. No one can ever force us not to celebrate the most solemn day for our country,

trendnews 27-MAY-11

[-said]: Usually our Ministry [of Foreign Affairs] marks this date [victory over the Nazi Germany] on May 8. Instead of May 9, I am in favor of marking it on May 8, when it is celebrated by the entire world; for totally incomprehensible reasons Russians are marking it, as usually, separately,

ge_civil_en 08-MAY-11

[-told]: I do not think the Georgian people have accepted this congratulation by the Russian President, or any Georgian has accepted it; clownery has no limits; one can be a clown in any possible form,

ge_civil_en 08-MAY-11

[-said]: I want to congratulate the Victory Day to the Russian people. I am sure that in the nearest future, when there are normal authorities in Russia as Russians call it вменяемая власть [vmenyaemaya vlast, sane authorities] and when Russia [becomes] normal and democratic country, we will mark this day together,

ge_civil_en 08-MAY-11

[-said]: We won't be putting on the table of negotiations any political, military or other issues not related to the matter,

ge_civil_en 26-APR-11

[-told]: Our partners told us only once, that while negotiating with the Russian delegation, please, remember, that the entire world's economy will benefit from Russia's WTO accession,

ge_civil_en 26-APR-11

[-said]: The holding of the North Atlantic Council’s meeting in Tbilisi is a great political pressure. The meeting will focus on the NATO-Georgia relationship and reforms implemented in the country for rapprochement with the alliance,

trendnews 16-APR-11

[-said]: Russia and Georgia have been engaged in bilateral and multilateral talks since 1991, when Russia started undeclared war against my country,

dailytimesPK 03-APR-11

[-said]: Russia and Georgia have been engaged in bilateral and multilateral talks since 1991, when Russia started undeclared war against my country and to cite this reason, absence of bilateral talks as something ICJ doesn't want to consider Georgia's case for, is absolutely, totally ridiculous,

geotimes 02-APR-11

[-said]: Russia being a permanent member of the [UN] Security Council is another good demonstration, an example why we live in the world we live, when they [Russia] have been selling or granting arms to somebody like Gaddafi and now those weapons are killing civilians and the international community has to take an action,

ge_civil_en 02-APR-11

[ said]: Russia is not prepared to talk about core issues,

reliefWeb 02-APR-11

[-said]: Russia being a permanent member of the [UN] Security Council is another good demonstration, an example why we live in the world we live, when they [Russia] have been selling or granting arms to... somebody like Gaddafi and now those weapons are killing civilians and the international community has to take an action,

geotimes 02-APR-11

[ said]: The situation unfortunately is very tense and there is nothing to be joyous about,

reliefWeb 02-APR-11

[-said]: absolutely, totally ridiculous,

ge_civil_en 02-APR-11

[-said]: We also touched upon the Geneva talks, relations between Georgia and Russia, and prospects that exist in the relations between Georgia and Lithuania,

trendnews 15-MAR-11

[ said]: We must achieve the same level of cooperation in economy that we have in the political arena,

trendnews 08-MAR-11

[ said]: We have excellent understanding and relations in political matters, however, economic relations are at zero. This must be drastically changed,

trendnews 08-MAR-11

[-said]: We discussed the agenda for the future summit of the Eastern Partnership Program, as well as the support for this project,

trendnews 04-MAR-11

[-said]: For Georgia, it is important to know what's happening in the Arab world and what policy the political elite intends to pursue in order to establish our relations with the Arab world on strong foundations,

trendnews 02-MAR-11

[-said]: The plan that the Egyptian authorities have almost 100 percent coincides with the plan that the Georgian leadership had after the Rose Revolution in 2003,

trendnews 02-MAR-11

[-said]: I am absolutely not interested in what Clapper is saying; absolutely not. I don't know in what context he said it. To say the truth I've seen this quote of him taken from his testimony... I will consider in what context it has been said after I see [Clapper's] full speech. I do not like when journalists give me someone's quote cut out from the context; so I won't start talking about Clapper; it's his business what he has said,

geotimes 26-FEB-11

[-said]: Because they are watching situation in Georgia from Potomac and we are watching [situation in Georgia] from Tbilisi,

geotimes 26-FEB-11

[-said]: No one has talked about it, except of one or two scaremongers. Last year I had up to 65 visits and believe me no one even mentioned a word about it, because everyone understands our motives very well,

geotimes 26-FEB-11

[-said]: What Georgia has done is that [Georgia] waived USD 30 [visa fee] for Russian citizens from North Caucasus and [Georgia] is no longer putting visas in their passports,

geotimes 26-FEB-11

[-said]: When one is talking about a certain issue, it would be better if we look and study in details what Georgia has done,

geotimes 26-FEB-11

[-added]: The NATO sends troops to Afghanistan to provide security, and we have to behave so, because Georgia claims to membership in the alliance and has received the equivalent of the MAP program,

trendnews 26-FEB-11

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