Georgia to Pay Partial U.N. Debt to Avoid Losing Vote

(Tbilisi February 25, 2003. Civil Georgia) – President Shevardnadze has ordered the government to ensure partial payment of Georgia’s USD 7 million debt to the United Nations, the Georgian Foreign Ministry reported today.

Georgia’s ambassador to the UN Revaz Adamia said in the interview to the independent Rustavi 2 TV channel that the UN could deprive Georgia of its vote if the debt was not paid.

According to the Foreign Ministry Georgian President had recently sent a written request to the Foreign and Finance Ministries asking for partial payment of the debt.

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