Western Think-Tank, Media Representatives Visit Georgia

A group of representatives from western think-tanks and media organizations, as well as political figures, will pay a visit to Georgia on October 28-30 to get acquainted with the current situation in Georgia, the Georgian Foreign Ministry reported.

The group includes representatives of the Financial Times, La Figaro, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, the German Marshall Fund of the United States, as well as Bruce Jackson, President of the Project on Transitional Democracies, Ana Palacio, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain, Pierre Lellouche, the Chairman of the French National Assembly, Alex Rondos, Ambassador at large of Greece.

The delegation will hold meetings with President Saakashvili, Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania, Parliamentary Chairperson Nino Burjanadze, and other officials.
 
The delegation also plans to visit breakaway South Ossetia, Pankisi gorge in eastern Georgia and the OSCE border monitoring operation bases across the Georgian-Russian border.