Saakashvili Meets Opposition MPs
President Saakashvili is meeting with the leaders of opposition parliamentary factions on Tuesday to discuss issues related to the country?s territorial integrity, officials said.
MP Davit Gamkrelidze, leader of the opposition New Rights Party; MP Davit Berdzenishvili of the opposition Republican Party; and MP Zurab Tkemaladze, leader of the opposition Industrialist Party, have been invited for meeting with President Saakashvili.
Parliamentary Chairperson Nino Burjanadze and Foreign Minister Gela Bezhuashvili, along with MP Maia Nadiradze, leader of the parliamentary majority, and MP Nika Gvaramia of the ruling National Movement Party, are also taking part in the meeting.
Reportedly, issues related to the secessionist conflicts and Georgia?s NATO integration will top the meeting’s agenda.
?These are the two issues with which we share positions with most of the opposition parties,? MP Maia Nadiradze told reporters before the meeting.
?After three years in office President Saakashvili at last decided to have a dialogue with his opponents, which is very positive? There are issues, including foreign policy issues, over which a broad consensus is needed in the decision-making process,? MP Davit Berdzenishvili told reporters shortly before the meeting was launched in the evening on February 6.
