GEORGIA: GEORGIAN PRESIDENT MIKHAIL SAAKASHVILI MARKS FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF "ROSE REVOLUTION" AND SUPPORTS UKRAINIAN OPPOSITION LEADER

Record ID: 649408

  • Title: GEORGIA: GEORGIAN PRESIDENT MIKHAIL SAAKASHVILI MARKS FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF "ROSE REVOLUTION" AND SUPPORTS UKRAINIAN OPPOSITION LEADER
  • Date: 23rd November 2004
  • Summary: (EU) TBILISI, GEORGIA (FILE - NOVEMBER 23, 2003) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PROTEST ON STREETS OF TBILISI (1.51) WIDE OF CHANTING PROTESTORS WITH GEORGIAN FLAGS (1.56) WIDE OF SAAKASHVILI SUPPORTERS ENTERING GEORGIAN PARLIAMENT BUILDING (2.02) WIDE OF SAAKASHVILI'S SUPPORTERS CLIMBING IN WINDOWS (2.05) VARIOUS OF SAAKASHVILI'S SUPPORTERS STORMING GEORGIAN PARLIAMENT HALL (2.11) PAN TO EDUARD SHEVARDNADZE AT PODIUM (2.16) VARIOUS OF SAAKASHVILI WITH SUPPORTERS ENTERING GEORGIAN PARLIAMENT SHOUTING TO EDUARD SHEVARDNADZE TO RESIGN (2.33) WIDE OF PARLIAMENT CHAMBER WITH PROTESTORS (2.37) PAN OF SECURITY HURRYING SHEVARDNADZE AWAY (2.46) PAN WIDE OF PROTESTORS STORMING CHAMBER/ PAPERS BEING THROWN (3.02) WIDE OF SUPPORTERS WAVING GEORGIAN FLAGS IN PARLIAMENT (3.08)
  • Embargoed: 8th December 2004 12:00
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  • Location: TBILISI, GEORGIA
  • Country: Georgia
  • Topics: General,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVACHMRTFYPIFJ6L0CDQI9OM6HU9
  • Story Text: Georgian President backs Ukrainian opposition leader Yushchenko.
    Ukraine's opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko on Tuesday (November 23) received support from a man who's been in the same position he finds himself in just now...and triumphed.
    A year ago exactly on Tuesday Georgia staged what became known as the "rose revolution" which toppled veteran leader Eduard Shevardnadze.
    The man who succeeded him, pro-westener Mikhail Saakashvili, marked the first anniversary of the mass revolt by opening a newly-built Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi.
    And he took the opportunity to address the Ukrainian people.
    Saakashvili wished them success and victory in their fight to have Yushchenko installed as the new President instead of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich.
    But it was uncertain if Ukraine's liberals could force similar changes as Georgia achieved last year.
    There were dramatic scenes in the Georgian parliament when Saakashvili and his supporters stormed the chamber, calling on Shevardnadze to resign.
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