CONSTRUCTION OF ROAD CONNECTING NINOTSMINDA TO TBILISI TO BE COMPLETED BY 2011

Prime News
The Messenger, Georgia
Sept 26 2007

The construction of the Tsalka-Ninotsminda-Tbilisi road, planned
by the Millennium Development Program, will be completed by 2011,
stated Ninotsminda district head Suren Morosian at a recent conference
which aimed to tackle the information vacuum in the Samtskhe-Javakheti
region.

Morosian also announced that German investors plan to open a national
park in the district.

According to his statement, a milk-processing factory has begun
operating in Ninotsminda, and the province’s gas supply problem will
soon be settled.

"GEL 35 000 has been allocated for a water distribution system, and
public schools No. 1 and No. 3 in Ninotsminda have been rehabilitated,"
stated Morosian.

The governor also explained the main problem of the region was the
language barrier, noting that the teaching of the Georgian language
in Armenian schools in Ninotsminda has increased dramatically.

"One of the greatest problems of the region is the ignorance of the
state language," declared Morosian.

The conference was attended by journalists from Georgia, Armenia and
Azerbaijan and was organized by both the OSCE mission in Georgia as
well as the Institute for War and Peace Reporting NGO.