UKRAINE: GEORGIAN AND UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTS CALL FOR KYRGYZSTAN'S PARITES TO AVOID VIOLENCE AND ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS

Record ID: 443009

  • Title: UKRAINE: GEORGIAN AND UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTS CALL FOR KYRGYZSTAN'S PARITES TO AVOID VIOLENCE AND ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS
  • Date: 26th March 2005
  • Summary: (BN10) KIEV, UKRAINE (MARCH 26, 2005) (REUTERS) 1. SLV UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VIKTOR YUSHCHENKO AND GEORGIAN MIKHAIL SAAKASHVILI COMING OUT OF THE BUILDING 0.10 2. MCU (English) GEORGIAN PRESIDENT MIKHAIL SAAKASHVILI SAYING: "Democracy can only be established through non violence. That is the lesson of Kiev and Tbilisi, of Georgia and Ukraine. We believe that every party should conduct dialogue. People are apt for democracy everywhere. There are no countries that are less prepared or more prepared. They are ready for democracy in Kiev, in Tbilisi, in Bishkek, in Minsk, everywhere. But it should be done through non-violent means, that is the main legacy and every side should understand that even after rigged elections there should be a peaceful process, there should be a peaceful dialogue. And the violence should be avoided by every party in order to establish democratic legitimacy for any kind of transition." 0.53 3. SV MEDIA; SAAKASHVILI AND YUSHCHENKO SHAKING HANDS; CU GEORGIAN FLAG (3 SHOTS) 1.08 4. MCU (Russian) UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VIKTOR YUSHCHENKO SAYING: "We again offered our services, asked their authorities to respect their nation, and that means to guarantee not to use arms and to sit down at the negotiating table. I regret that events have turned out in this way, this is the main reason why the nation is suffering." 1.25 5. SV/CU YUSHCHENKO AND MEDIA (3 SHOTS) 1.45 6. SV UKRAINIAN PRIME MINISTER YULIA TIMOSHENKO COMING OUT OF THE BUILDING 1.52 7. MCU (Russian) UKRAINIAN PRIME MINISTER YULIA TIMOSHENKO SAYING: "The experience we have in Ukraine and Georgia is starting to spread around the CIS. I am sure that your president and our president will use the wonderful experience of our revolutions, and offer it to other nations, who want to live freely. When it will happen and in which countries, is difficult to say or predict. But the most important thing is that it will surely happen." 2.20 8. SV OF TIMOSHENKO TALKING TO PRESS 2.30 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 10th April 2005 13:00
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  • Location: KIEV,UKRAINE
  • Country: Ukraine
  • Reuters ID: LVA27N0FPREY3GAKTYS3S9EQYL87
  • Story Text: Georgian and Ukrainian presidents call for
    Kyrgyzstan's parties to avoid violence and enter into
    negotiations.



    Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili on Saturday
    (March 26, 2005) said he regretted the chaos that followed the
    change of power in the ex-Soviet state of Kyrgyzstan.

    Speaking in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, Saakashvili said
    that democracy should only be achieved through non-violence
    means.

    "Democracy can only be established through non
    violence. That is the lesson of Kiev and Tbilisi, of
    Georgia and Ukraine. We believe that every party should
    conduct dialogue. People are apt for democracy everywhere.

    There are no countries that are less prepared or more
    prepared. They are ready for democracy in Kiev, in Tbilisi,
    in Bishkek, in Minsk, everywhere. But it should be done
    through non-violent means, that is the main legacy and
    every side should understand that even after rigged
    elections there should be a peaceful process, there should
    be a peaceful dialogue. And the violence should be avoided
    by every party in order to establish democratic legitimacy for any
    kind of transition," he said.

    Saakashvili made the comments during a joint news
    conference with Ukraine President Viktor Yushchenko, who
    has been hosting his Georgian counterpart. The two
    presidents, who came into office after leading popular
    revolts against the established political order in their
    countries, have both called for stability and dialogue and
    offered to act as mediators between the different parties.

    "We again offered our services, asked their authorities
    to respect their nation, and that means to guarantee not to
    use arms and to sit down at the negotiating table. I regret
    that events have turned out in this way, this is the main
    reason why the nation is suffering," Ukraine President
    Viktor Yushchenko said.

    Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Timoshenko said if was
    only a matter of time for revolutions like the ones in
    Ukraine and Georgia to spread to other ex-Soviet countries.

    "The experience we have in Ukraine and Georgia is starting
    to spread around the CIS. I am sure that your president and
    our president will use the wonderful experience of our
    revolutions, and offer it to other nations, who want to
    live freely. When it will happen and in which countries, is
    difficult to say or predict. But the most important thing
    is that it will surely happen," she said.

    Kyrgyzstan's new leaders, a loosely united opposition
    that includes many former government officials, seized
    power when crowds of protesters clashed with police and
    marched into Bishkek's White House, the seat of government,
    on Thursday (March 24).

    The overthrow of President Askar Akayev, a relative
    liberal in a region of mainly autocratic leaders, followed
    weeks of protest throughout the country that turned violent
    in two towns in the impoverished south.

    Kyrgyzstan has become the third ex-Soviet state in two
    years, after Georgia and Ukraine, where a revolt after
    disputed elections has ousted the entrenched leadership.


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