RFE/RL President Jeffrey Gedmin and Georgia.
RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY
MOSCOW’S GRIP ON GEORGIA – WHAT’S NEXT?
MODERATOR:
JEFFREY GEDMIN, PRESIDENT, RFE/RL - SPEAKERS: DAVID KAKABADZE,
DIRECTOR, RFE/RL GEORGIAN SERVICE - MARINA VASHAKMADZE, TBILISI BUREAU
CHIEF, RFE/RL GEORGIAN SERVICE - DANIEL KIMMAGE, SENIOR CORRESPONDENT,
RFE/RL
FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 2008
PDF: http://docs.rferl.org/en-US/0815_Moscows_Grip_on_Georgia.pdf
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Dr. Jeffrey Gedmin, President Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty: Georgia's past and future
“Liberty
is not easy to gain, it needs struggle. I don’t want to ruin that
stereotype and wish Radio Liberty stay the same forever – a radio
which fights for our freedom” – said Zviad Koridze, a Georgian
journalist, who has vast experience in TV and print journalism.
GT: About future plans,
should we expect that Radio Liberty will continue its concept and go on
air in South Ossetia and Abkhazia too?
JG: I would not expect it
but I would say that we are in a process of analyzing it. And if we
think that there is positive role for us to play. It is not only what
you do, but it also how you do it. And I think that this is quite a
sensitive issue. If we come to the internal conclusion that we through
the provision of free and independent information, news and analyses,
discussion, response to discussion, can contribute to pluralism,
tolerance, understanding, and automatically peace, I think that we
should think about doing it.
http://georgiandaily.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=783&Itemid=129
(TBILISI, Georgia -- April 1, 2008)
At a private meeting today in Tbilisi, Georgian President Mikheil
Saakashvili and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty President Jeffrey
Gedmin discussed Georgia's bid for NATO membership as well as the
country's commitment to press freedom.
http://www.rferl.org/content/pressrelease/1105998.html RFE/RL
President Jeffrey Gedmin discussed his recent meeting with Mikhail
Saakashvili in Georgia's largest English-language newspaper.
http://www.rferl.org/content/pressrelease/1110115.html