Civil Georgia, Georgia
Oct 23 2004

Kocharian Meets Zhvania, Burjanadze

Visiting Armenian President Robert Kocharian held separate meeting
with the Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania and Parliamentary
Chairperson Nino Burjanadze on October 23 in Tbilisi.

`I want to say, that Robert Kocharian always pays a huge attention to
eliminate even a minor flaw in relations with Georgia,’ Prime
Minister Zurab Zhvania told reporters after talks with the Armenian
President.

He said that economic cooperation has been discussed during the
talks. `We talked about import of the electricity from Armenia, which
is so important for us,’ Zhvania added.

Parliamentary Chairperson Nino Burjanadze said after talks with
Robert Kocharian, that `Georgia pays a great attention to relations
with Armenia.’ `Bilateral ties are not only important for Georgia and
Armenia, but for the entire region as well,’ she added.

Robert Kocharian, who arrived in Georgia for three-day visit on
October 22, has already met with his Georgian counterpart Mikheil
Saakashvili on Friday. He also intends to meet representatives of
Armenian community in Georgia.