“Georgia will continue fight for peace in the world”

In his video address on June 7, expressing condolences over death of seven Georgian soldiers in truck bomb attack in southern Afghan province of Helmand on Thursday, PM Ivanishvili said that Georgia “will continue fight for peace in the world.”

Soso Tsistariskvili, political expert and president of Independent Expert’s Club talked to Georgian Journal about presidential candidates and cohabitation.”I don’t see the real perspective for success of presidential candidates while competing with the candidate of Georgian Dream.

Zaal Kasrelishvili, head of ‘Caucasian Peoples’ Confederation’: When Saakashvili held May 26 event in Afghanistan, I said right away that it would have a bad end. I say nothing about defiant and inadmissible questions that the President asked (how many people have you killed, etc.). Radical Islamists have enough reasons to threaten our country. Spread of video didn’t surprise me; even more, I thought it could be uploaded from Georgia.

Interview with Tea Tsulukiani, Minister of Justice

After three hearings, amendments to the law ‘On Prosecutor’s Office’ has already been passed by the Parliament. How are the rights of Ministry of Justice and Prosecutor’s Office marked off? We began our interview with Tea Tsulukiani exactly with this question:

Interview with political scientist Badri Nachkebia, Director of the Center for Terrorism Research

Main responsibility of the authorities is analysis of threats, their prevention and not post-factum reaction. Badri Nachkebia , Director of the Center for Terrorism Research shares this point of view and considers that the threat is very serious and the response should not be delayed.

The President of Russia plans to fully restore relations with Georgia, though doesn’t intend to reverse the decision on recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Vladimir Putin said on Russia Today.

Institute for Economics and Peace published its global Peace Index report. Georgia is in 139th place with 2,51 points. Georgia has improved since 2012, though still remains in the group of states with a low level of peacefulness.

U.S. Ambassador to Georgia Richard Norland has called the videos, spread on behalf of the Taliban, ‘concerning’. According to him, the U.S government and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have received a request to help the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia

The bodies of Georgian soldiers killed in Afghanistan have been transferred to Georgia last night. The ceremony was held at the Tbilisi Airport at 02:30. The bodies were brought to Georgia by the U.S. military plane.

NATO Secretary General’s Special Representatives for the Caucasus and Central Asia James Appathurai expresses deep sorrow over the death of Georgian soldiers in Afghanistan.

Justice Minister of Georgia Tea Tsulukiani responded to the Washington Post editorial with the headline ‘Georgia’s democracy is in peril’ published by the newspaper on June 1. Washington Post published Tsulukiani’s letter titled ‘Georgia can’t turn a blind eye to broken laws’

Dmitri Medvedev: Moscow Views NATO near Its Borders as Negative Fact
Anders Fogh Rasmussen: Third country has no right to interfere into Alliance’s business

‘NATO itself decides the issue of membership of a concrete country and countries themselves choose their way to NATO’ – this is how the NATO General Secretary responded to Dmitri Medvedev’s declaration. Rasmussen declared about it at a special briefing before the beginning of NATO –Georgia session in Brussels.

Details of dispersed meeting on Rustaveli Ave. on May 26

Investigation of Suliko Asatiani’s and Nika Kvintradze’s cases, who died during dispersal of the rally on Rustaveli Ave. on May 26 isn’t finished yet. Earlier the law-enforcers declared that the bodies were found on the roof of a shop on Liberty Square and the cause of death was contact with electric current. Later Oleg Zhvania, owner of the shop confessed that he was forced by police to give false testimony:

On June 4, at Radisson Blu Iveria Hotel, the European Parliament members summed up their 2-day visit to Georgia at the final press conference.