Monday, 04 April 2005

BEREZOVSKY\'S VISIT TO TBILISI APPROVED BY AUTHORITIES

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By empty (4/4/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)

The latest visit by controversial Russian businessman Boris Berezovsky to Tbilisi was agreed upon with the Georgian authorities, Georgian businessman Badri Patarkatsishvili told a news conference in Tbilisi on Monday. \"Berezovsky\'s visit to Georgia was legal. He had all the necessary documents to cross the border,\" Patarkatsishvili said.
The latest visit by controversial Russian businessman Boris Berezovsky to Tbilisi was agreed upon with the Georgian authorities, Georgian businessman Badri Patarkatsishvili told a news conference in Tbilisi on Monday. \"Berezovsky\'s visit to Georgia was legal. He had all the necessary documents to cross the border,\" Patarkatsishvili said. The businessman said he had informed the Georgian authorities of Berezovsky\'s planned visit to Tbilisi in advance. \"Georgia has been guided by the Geneva Convention, which it has signed. And there are no grounds to call into question the legitimacy of the documents which the authorities of Great Britain have issued to Berezovsky as a political refugee,\" he said. Berezovsky and his wife arrived in Tbilisi on April 2 at Patarkatsishvili\'s invitation. Their visit lasted for 14 hours. (Interfax)
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