Saakashvili, Yushchenko Meet in Poland

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yushchenko held talks on August 31 in Gdansk, Poland, where the two presidents participated in the events marking the 25th anniversary of the Polish democratic movement Solidarity.
 
According to the Ukrainian President?s press office, the two presidents discussed issues of bilateral cooperation, as well as plans on holding a regional conference of democratic states from the Baltic, Black Sea and Caspian regions in Ukraine next month. Representatives from the European Union, Russia and the United States are also invited to take part in the conference.
 
The proposal over the creation of a regional alliance of democratic nations was reflected in a joint declaration signed by the two presidents in Georgia?s resort town of Borjomi on August 12.

On August 31 President Saakashvili addressed the conference in Gdansk, which commemorated the Solidarity anniversary. “Solidarity was the best thing that happened in the 20th century,” Saakashvili said at the conference.

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