ARMENIAN-GEORGIAN TOP-LEVEL TALKS HELD IN TBILISI
DeFacto Agency
2008-10-01 14:52:00
Armenia
YEREVAN, 01.10.08. DE FACTO. A meeting of the RA President Serge
Sargsian, who had arrived in Tbilisi on an official visit, and
Georgia’s President Mikhail Saakashvili behind closed doors was
held on September 30. Then Armenian-Georgian talks were followed by
expanded negotiations.
On the same day, in the evening, Georgian and Armenian Presidents
issued a joint statement. A joint briefing of the two states’ heads
was also held on the outcomes of Armenian-Georgian talks.
According to Regnum, an agreement concerning maximal simplification
of the procedure of crossing Georgian-Armenian border was reached in
the course of the talks. As for the delimitation of Georgian-Armenian
state border, Georgian President stated the works were coming to
an end. "We are finishing the work on the border’s delimitation,
and actually there are no unsettled issues", Mikhail Saakashvili said.
Armenia and Georgia also agreed on the establishment of a joint
consortium on the construction of a new automobile road connecting
the two countries. The highway is expected to be built through the
region of Adjara. According to Saakashvili, the new road "will connect
all regions of alpine Adjara with Georgian-Armenian border and,
simultaneously, via South Georgia, with Georgia’s capital city". He
added it was an alternative route to Tbilisi-Batumi highway.
"It will take a few years to open the highway, however, our succeeding
generations will recall today’s meeting with great joy", Mikhail
Saakashvili stated voicing confidence that joint projects will
"change economic geography of Armenia and Georgia and will serve to
their citizens’ well-fare".