From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 12/7/2005 2:01 AM Georgia and Abkhazia agreed to initiate first phase of the conflict zone rehabilitation 6.12.2005 In the capital of Abkhazia in the Sukhumi headquarters of the United Nations Mission the first meeting of the organizing committee on realization of the first phase of the Euro commission rehabilitation program in the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict zone took place on December, 6th. As IА REGNUM correspondent in Sukhumi informed, the meeting passed under presidency of the of the United Nations secretary general special representative Haidi Taliavini, with participation of the Eurocommission chief negotiator - ambassador Torben Holze and constant PDUN representative Robert Vakinsa, the Georgian and Abkhazian parties and the Group of friends of the Secretary general.
The Abkhazian party was represented by the Minister for Foreign Affairs Sergey Shamba, the adviser of the president on political questions Socrat Djindjolia and the head of the governmental management on information and mass-media Christian Bzhania.
The Group of friends was represented by the ambassador of Germany Uve Schramm, the USA ambassador of John Teft, the adviser-envoy of the Russian embassy Ivan Valynkin, the adviser of the embassy of France Fabien Dru-Losinski and the secretary of the UK embassy William Robinson. At today's meeting they agreed about the first phase of the rehabilitation program with the budget in 2 million euro that will be started in the end of this year. It included rehabilitation actions in the field of maintenance with the electric power, public health services and agriculture in Gali, Ochamchirsky and Tkvarchelsky areas (Abkhazia) and Zugdidi area (Georgia) on the line of the parties’ separation.
Note: the rehabilitation program is a result of the joint efforts of the program financing by the Eurocommission, as well as MOONNG and PDUN - the main partners in its implementation. The program consists of two phases that are supposed to be carried out during two-three years. The program is directed on improvement of conditions of life of the population, who had mostly suffered during the conflict; restoration of the basic services, such as maintenance with the electric power, public health services, water drain, trash recycling and agricultural development. It will also serve strengthening of mutual trust, security and stability in the region.
In the joint press release on results of the meeting it was marked that the both parties had agreed to cooperate actively in implementation of the rehabilitation program and to make efforts on providing necessary security conditions. Today the delegation of the Group of friends of the United Nations secretary general, Eurocommission and PDUN is met by the president of Abkhazia Sergey Bagapsh.
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