SHEVARDNADZE CONSIDERING CANDIDATES FOR FUTURE GEORGIAN PRESIDENTMay 16, 2003 - 20:36 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Eduard Shevardnadze considers several candidates for future president of Georgia, however he has not made his final choice yet. "These are erudite and highly educated people, but I will not name them at the moment," - he said. As reported by "Novosti" Russian agency, Shevardnadze thus wishes to protect the future successor from "undeserved criticism." He stated, "I will give my view concerning it at a certain stage and will even substantiate it." It should be noted, that the recurrent election of the Georgian leader will be held in spring 2005. Eduard Shevardnadze has stated many times that he is not going to run for the president at the coming election. Top stories The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. Partner news | Armenia named European U18 chess vice-champion The U18 chess team of Armenia won the title of vice-champion of the European Team Championship. Congress draft bill condemns Azerbaijan for Karabakh ethnic cleansing The bill condemns Azerbaijan for perpetrating ethnic cleansing against the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh. MEPs issue statement to defend Armenia-France military cooperation The deputies emphasized that having an army armed with combat and modern military equipment is the sovereign right of any country. Iran begins voting in presidential election Iranians started voting for a new president following the death of Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash. |