EUROPEAN COMMISSION HEAD VISITS GEORGIA

Kavkasia-Press news agency, Tbilisi
17 Sep 04

Tbilisi, 17 September: European Commission President Romano Prodi will
pay an official visit to Georgia on 17-18 September. The head of the
European Commission mission to Georgia and Armenia, (?Torben Holtze),
said at a news briefing today that the visit would last 24 hours and
would be quite busy.

Romano Prodi will meet Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili,
Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania, Parliament Chair Nino Burjanadze and
other officials.

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