GEORGIA’S SAAKASHVILI AND SHEVARDNADZE TO BE INVITED TO PRESIDENT-ELECT’S INAUGURATION
November 05, 2013 | 10:43
TBILISI. – Georgia’s former President Eduard Shevardnadze and outgoing
President Mikheil Saakashvili will be invited to the inauguration
ceremony of President-elect Giorgi Margvelashvili.
Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze stated the aforesaid.
“On October 27, we conducted [presidential] elections with European
standards, [and] the inauguration likewise will be conducted with
European standards,” Panjikidze added.
In her words, the military component, too, will be on hand at the
ceremony, Novosti Gruzia reports.
“[But] much less money will be spent on the inauguration of the new
president,” the minister assured.
To note, Giorgi Margvelashvili will formally swear into office on
November 17.
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