Georgia and Mali Republic signed a joint communiqué on the establishment of diplomatic relations. The singing ceremony of the joint communiqué on establishing diplomatic relations was held in New York.

In the frameworks of his official visit to Germany, Parliament Speaker David Bakradze met with German politicians, including Dieter Boden. During the meeting, Boden was interested with Russian-Georgian relations.

On the meeting of “Great Eight” in U.S. the Russian side will be represented not by the President, but the Prime-Minister. Officially appointed Russian President informed the U.S. colleague about it himself three days ago.

Today, the projects already implemented and planned in the frameworks of UN Development Program, will be discussed in the Parliament. The UN Development Program Parliamentary project’s Committee meeting is scheduled on 14:30.

The leaders of the Russian opposition Alexei Navalni and Sergey Udaltsvo were “neutralized” by police. They were arrested for 15 days charged with resisting police

Today, the new regulations will be discussed with a first reading at the Procedural issues and rules committee of the Parliament. Khatuna Gogrishvili’s Committee meeting will be held at 14:00.

Co-chairmen of Geneva talks plan to visit the occupied Abkhazia today, where they will meet with Abkhazian de-facto Foreign Minister Viashislav Chirikba.

David Bakradze met with German colleague. On the meeting the chairmen of German and Georgian Parliaments talked about priorities of Georgian foreign policy, discussed the internal political situation and coming elections.

According to the statement of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, despite the warnings of the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, number of Russian tourists visiting Georiga increases; The number of visitors is expected even to be doubled in the summer.

According to the assessments of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, Russia – the state which was a winner in the fight against the fascism occupiers – is, today, an occupant of another country itself.

At this moment Georgian president is attending the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) conference and is addressing the audience with a speech. According Mikheil Saakashvili, tourism development will positively reflect on the country’s economic recovery, as well as, its political-security aspects.