Georgian President delivered a
speech at Partners Forum for the United
Nations Alliance of Civilizations
As
Mikheil Saakashvili said, Georgia
is a small country, but we stand on the crossroad of big
civilizations.
According
to the first person of the country, Georgia is a laboratory
and the model, which shows that peaceful co-existence, is possible by
maintaining identity.
“Dialogue
of cultures, religions and civilizations is very important, the processes that
we see now this is a new formation of forces’ balance. Today, the new balance is
defined by new ideas and new opportunities, which comes sometimes from large
and sometimes from small countries. We also see that Turkey acquires status of the main
leader in east, as an initiator of peace and the state with different vision of
events”, - the President said.
According
to Saakashvili, despite various attempts to confront ethnic and religious
groups to each-other, the country still manages to keep united and peaceful
co-existence.
“We are a small country, but we stand on the crossroad of big
civilizations. All the dominants had their positions towards Georgia. Since
the day of our independence, Turkey
has been supporting and encouraging Georgia, tried to help us stand up
and offered us new opportunities. I felt that from the very first days of my
presidency. We are ready to build bridges between the cultures, and fight
against all kinds of crusades, I think it is our responsibility”, - Saakashvili
said.
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