TBILISI, November 21. /ITAR-TASS/. Georgian President Georgy Margelashvili signed on Wednesday a decree to endorse Irakli Garibashvili as Georgian Prime Minister.
Addressing a parliamentary session on Wednesday, the prime minister said the Cabinet would “try to stage-by-stage overcome the crisis existing in relations with Russia”.
“The format of direct Georgian-Russian dialogue (between Georgian prime minister’s special representative for relations with Russia Zurab Abashidze and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin) would be preserved and this will help facilitate further development of trade, economic, transport and humanitarian relations between the two countries and gradually resolve existing problems taking to account the interests of Georgia,” Garibashvili said.
He said “the government will also continue constructive participation in the Geneva talks in order to settle the conflict between Russia and Georgia”.