Freezed...

Yesterday in the evening I did not succeed to catch a mini-bus. As a result I had to stay in the office of our Latvian Honor Consul. At least here we have a small gas heater. But nevertheless I have been freezed, even now sipping hot tea in oder to warm myself and my cold fingers. I should tell my guys to bye me a gas or electric heater, 'cause it is really unbearable to stay in my apartment, especially at night.

I have started to read some news and upload photos of how I spent my Day of Lachplesis... Nice morning, with the blue sky. It would be beter for me not to read the news...

Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili addressing teachers:

"Last year, President Putin directly told me at the [CIS] summit in Minsk that Russia would create a new Cyprus in Abkhazia.

And I want to explain what the Cyprus case means, as Russians understand it. There was a huge riot in Athens, Greece in 1973. There were demonstrations against the then Greek government. In parallel to these events, turmoil was sparked in Cyprus. The Greek government was totally occupied by the internal affairs of Greece and they failed to react [to developments in Cyprus], and, as a result, Cyprus was split in two. This conflict remains unresolved. This is the Cyprus case and the Cyprus model for Georgia."

It seems that the President compare Greek riots to overthrow the government 1973 with the recent attempt made by opposition groups with the Russians behind the scene. But it is worth to mention that in 1967 the Greek military seized power in coup d-etat and established the Greek military junta of 1967-74. And that protests starting in 1968 and reaching its peak in 1973 was anti-junta protests. Does it mean that Mikheil Saakashvili compare itself with the leader of the military junta?

Speaking at a news conference in Tbilisi after series of talks with the Georgian leadership and the opposition, Mathew Bryza, the U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs....

“Some of our fellow allies [in NATO] are wondering whether or not the events that are unfolding right now [in Georgia] mean that Georgia someway disqualifies itself for Membership Action Plan,” Mathew Bryza said. “We do not share that view… As the state of emergency is lifted and as the country prepares for the elections and if those elections are as free and fair as we expect them to be, why should there be any questions.”

He then kept on pushing the Georgian leadership to lift the state of emergency and to restore broadcast of all the television stations.

“These steps are important to restore everyone’s faith in democratic processes,” he said. “If Georgia’s democratic system recovers and moves forward again then it appears that Georgia will be on the path again to fulfilling all the criteria of NATO membership.”

In an apparent attempt to allay skeptic’s concerns about Georgia’s democratic processes, Bryza pointed out that these sort of tensions observed recently in Georgia are “by-products” of drastic, but necessary reforms.

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