Timeline – 2005

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January 5 – Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and Ukrainian President-elect Victor Yushchenko signed in the western Ukrainian ski resort of Tisovets a joint declaration reiterating their two nation’s European aspirations and further democratic development.

January 5 – Georgian State Minister in charge of Euro-Atlantic integration issues Giorgi Baramidze, who previously held the Defense Minister’s position, convened a press conference and dismissed current Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili’s statements that some defense officials “pushed the army into a worse situation than it was before the revolution.”
https://civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=8744

January 12 – Sergey Bagapsh won repeat presidential elections in breakaway Abkhazia.
https://civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=8755

January 15 – A large number of the Georgian movies was destroyed after the storehouse of the Georgian Film Studio burned down in the capital Tbilisi.

January 17 – Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili downplayed recommendations of the draft resolution of the Council of Europe on honoring of obligations and commitments by Georgia, which leveled strong criticisms against Saakashvili administration stating “the post-revolutionary situation should not become an alibi for hasty decisions and neglect for democratic and human rights standards.”
https://civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=8822

January 21 – Units of the Georgian Internal Troops were pulled out from north-western mountainous Pankisi gorge after the security officials announced that there was no need for increased security measures in the gorge any more. Checkpoints of the Interior Troops were also removed from the gorge.

January 21 – Georgian authorities announced their intention to reinvestigate murder case of Freddy Woodruff, an officer of the political department of the US Embassy in Tbilisi, who was assassinated in Georgia more than ten years ago.
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