Georgian President held a special meeting, where he instructed the Tbilisi Mayor Gigi Ugulava and Finances Minister Dimitri Gvindadze to help the disaster-affected families in Tbilisi and East Georgia.

As the City Mayor said, process of providing the victims with dwellings and necessary things has already begun and will be finished by the end of the day. 

According to the statement of Gigi Ugulava, the city budget has a certain reserve, but for rebuilding the infrastructure help from central government will be needed too. In his turn, the Finance Minister has promised him to support in this case:

At the meeting, Mikheil Saakashvili paid particular attention to the City Hall’s Rescue service and Interior Ministry’s coordinated work and stressed the rescuers’ devotion while helping people and saving their lives.

“I would like to thank the rescue services, which responded operatively, as always. It is what does it mean to have a properly functioning state – all the departments were working together and agreed: Ministry of Internal Affairs, the City Hall, local government, Ministry of Correction and Legal Assistance of Georgia. In a context in which people died, it is not proper to boast, but, on the other hand, it is somehow revealing that we avoided having more victims and that we have such a services in Georgia. I want to thank these people and appreciate their merit”, - the president of Georgia noted.   

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