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The President of “United Georgia” democratic movement party Nino Burjanadze gave an exclusive interview to Panorama.am and evaluated the statement made by the President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili “not accurate and silly” regarding the economy of Armenia. It is important to remind that the President of Georgia has announced on 7 March that “the economy of Armenia is in crisis, because it depends on Russia.”

-How do You evaluate Mikheil Saakashvili’s recent statement that the economy of Armenia is in crisis because it depends on Russian economy? How accurate is this statement made by the President?

-The President of my country has made an inaccurate and wrong statement regarding not only the neighbor country but a relative country also. A normal president should not make such announcements regarding the economy of the neighbor countries. I think that Mikheil Saakashvili’s statements are critically inaccurate and silly ones. But to tell the truth we have got used to Saakashvili’s statements regarding both our country and other countries. Now, I just can express some sort of regret for those statements.

-Two reporters’ group from Georgian TV stations are currently in Armenia. Their mission is to “collect some materials” to confirm the model of the President that “neighbors live in worse conditions during the crisis than the Georgians.” What do you think in this regard?

-I am not informed about it, I don’t know. If it is correct then it is the following mistake. I hope that irrespective of the President’s statements, the authorities of Georgia should pay much attention on the economy of Georgia and think how to recover it. The situation got worse after the August war. In this regard, it would be better our President to think of our economy than the one of the neighbor country. I am sure that the economic situation of Georgia will get worse as the authorities, as well as the President don’t manage to govern. And the political situation in our country is wound up. I guess that until our President did not manage to cut our relations with neighbor countries we should make him to send in his resignation.

-How do You evaluate the possibilities of Georgian opposition?

-I am sure that the opposition will win as Georgian people have negative attitudes about Mikheil Saakashvili. Currently everybody feels the aftermaths of August events, everybody sees not adequate steps and statements made by the President, especially the one regarding Armenia. I am sure that we’ll reach the resignation of the President constitutionally and we’ll sign special presidential elections.