Oleg Damenia, the director of the Abkhaz Presidential Center for Strategic Studies, believes that Russia, having signed the alliance and strategic partnership agreement with Abkhazia, has confirmed its course for equal relations with Abkhazia, which started in 2008. Russia wants to speed up the development of Abkhazia, as seen in the document and the aid it provides, the Respublika Abkhazia paper reports.
Abkhaz society has been discussing national sovereignty for the last several months. No clear explanation for the issue has been given.
“The discussion highlighted the peculiarities of the Abkhaz national mentality, the effect of customary stereotypes of thinking on understanding the quality of new Russian-Abkhaz relations,” assumes Damenia. He notes that no country can exist isolated. It needs interaction with other countries and can only do so by limiting its sovereignty.
Alexander Skakov, the head of the Center for Applied Ethnology of the Institute of Social Policy of the Academy of Labour and Social Relations, said that criticism of the agreement had usually been unconstructive. Skakov believes that it proves the uncertainty of the notion of “sovereignty” in the modern global world. In his words, the alliance with Abkhazia and South Ossetia limits Russia’s sovereignty and does not allow it to make peace with Georgia.
Abkhaz Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Chirikba stresses the modernization of the national Armed Forces, joint efforts to enforce border security, maritime boundary security and crime control. The document may affect international recognition of Abkhazia. It says that Russia will assist in development of international relations of Abkhazia and it joining international organizations. The minister says that realization of the agreement is vital for Abkhaz society.
Beslan Baratelia, the head of the economic department of the Presidential Administration, called the document historic. “It contains the basis for colossal opportunities for development of the real sector of the economy, the solution of social problems, the creation of conditions for a flow of investments into the country. It will give Abkhazia an opportunity to take part in the import-displacement program realized by Russia,” assures Baratelia.
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32 measures will be taken within the framework of realization of the investment program for assistance in socio-economic development in South Ossetia in 2014. Most measures have been realized, six projects will have been accomplished by December 25, only the construction of the K.L Khetagurov State Drama Theater was postponed until 2015, as discussed at a session of the intergovernmental commission for socio-economic cooperation of Russia and South Ossetia, the Yuzhnaya Ossetia and the Severnaya Ossetia papers report. The session rounded up realization of the investment program in 2012-2013 and preliminary progress of the 2014-2016 stage. The accomplishments so far include the beautification of Tskhinvali's streets, restoration of housing, reconstruction of plumbing, gas networks, construction of power lines, medical and education centers, purchase of equipment and medicaments.
The commission approved a program for 2015-2017 to build 30 new facilities, including a maternity center, a tuberculosis center, an administrative building of the parliament, , construction and equipping of educational workshops at a multi-profile college in Tskhinvali, the Gufta-Kvayssa road and middle schools in Khetagurovo and Kornis. Beautification of Tskhinvali's streets, restoration of housing will continue. Alexander Khloponin, a co-chair of the commission, a Russian vice prime minister, noted the importance of hiring high-skilled specialists for work in South Ossetia, maintenance of its business attractiveness. The three-year program stipulates grants for development of the real sector of the economy for the first time.
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“Azerbaijan is the key political and economic partner of ours in the Caucasus Region, a brotherly and friendly country,” said Kazakhstani Ambassador Amangeldy Zhumabayev in an interview with the Kaspiy paper on the 23rd anniversary of independence of Kazakhstan. The two states have annual meetings within the framework of integration structures and international organizations.
Trade turnover between the two countries exceeded $370 million last year. Oil and gas, chemical materials, grain, barley, tobacco products, steel and electrical equipment are the main exports of Kazakhstan to Azerbaijan. Kazakhstan imports Azerbaijani bitumen materials, ethylene polymers, car and machinery parts, assembly constructions, agricultural products. The Kazakhstani-Azerbaijani intergovernmental commission for trade-economic cooperation contributes to the development of bilateral relations. The sides cooperate in realization of the Europe-Caucasus-Asia transportation corridor (TRACECA), construction of the Western Europe – Western China international road through the Kizilordu and the South Kazakhstan regions, reconstruction of the Shymkent-Tashkent road, the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars Railway, the tunnel under the Bosphorus to connect the European and Asian railway networks. The Western Europe – Western China highway will connect the railway projects and help boost intermodal and container transit. Zhumabayev added that the countries were working on an agreement to develop transit from China, to Kazakhstan, the Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey and then to the Black Sea.
Speaking of mutual investments, the ambassador noted that Kazakhstan had over 600 Azerbaijani enterprises engaged in different sectors of the economy. He mentioned the Baku Grain Terminal for storage and transportation of Kazakhstani grain, its re-export to the Caucasus and the Black Sea regions, EU countries. The Azersun Industrial and Logistical Center is under construction in the Aktau Maritime Port. It will consist of modern warehouses for 10,000 tons of goods, including 2.5 tons of fresh fruits and vegetables, and their distribution in the western region of Kazakhstan.
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A new vertical integrated complex for production of poultry in the Malgobeksky District will produce and process 10,200 tons of Turkey a year, the Ingushetia paper reports.
The head of the republic founded the complex in May 2014. Its two main buildings have almost been completed. Ingushetia.ru reported earlier that 35 buildings would be built on 10 areas, covering a total of 93,000 square meters. The republic plans to build a slaughterhouse, husbandry center, an incubation platform and cleaning facilities. The Ptitsekomplex Yuzhny LLC is confident that the project will have a positive effect on the economy, food security, import displacement.
The complex will produce poultry products and sausages under the Halel label. The new center will provide jobs for at least 450 people, 1350 more will be given jobs in other sectors. Budgets will get up to 200 million rubles of income from exploiting the complex. Its construction will be realized by private investments and loans.
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The Georgian parliament has ratified an international agreement on regulation of transportation means, allowing Georgia to produce vehicles and parts. 48 countries have signed the agreement, Georgia Online reports.
Georgian Deputy Minister for Economy Natia Mikeladze noted that several Swedish and Dutch companies have expressed willingness to manufacture the products in Georgia. The ministry has been working on the initiative for two years. After ratification of the agreement, Georgia may get an identification code for manufacturing of cars and parts. It needs to choose a place for the production, it may be the Didi Digomi District on the outskirts of Tbilisi. Georgia will insist on either hiring existing specialists in the country or training them, so that the local population would get jobs, explained Mikeladze.
A.S. Group 1990 Director Avtandil Sakvarelidze attended a session of the city assembly commission for urban planning in early October and presented a proposal by Golden Dragon (China) to invest 30 million in the project. According to Sakvarelidze, a factory will be built to produce buses for Georgia and other countries. Over 1500 people will work there.
Caucasus domestic and foreign political events in local pressOleg Damenia, the director of the Abkhaz Presidential Center for Strategic Studies, believes that Russia, having signed the alliance and strategic partnership agreement with Abkhazia, has confirmed its course for equal relations with Abkhazia, which started in 2008. Russia wants to speed up the development of Abkhazia, as seen in the document and the aid it provides, the Respublika Abkhazia paper reports.Abkhaz society has been discussing national sovereignty for the last several months. No clear explanation for the issue has been given.“The discussion highlighted the peculiarities of the Abkhaz national mentality, the effect of customary stereotypes of thinking on understanding the quality of new Russian-Abkhaz relations,” assumes Damenia. He notes that no country can exist isolated. It needs interaction with other countries and can only do so by limiting its sovereignty.Alexander Skakov, the head of the Center for Applied Ethnology of the Institute of Social Policy of the Academy of Labour and Social Relations, said that criticism of the agreement had usually been unconstructive. Skakov believes that it proves the uncertainty of the notion of “sovereignty” in the modern global world. In his words, the alliance with Abkhazia and South Ossetia limits Russia’s sovereignty and does not allow it to make peace with Georgia.Abkhaz Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Chirikba stresses the modernization of the national Armed Forces, joint efforts to enforce border security, maritime boundary security and crime control. The document may affect international recognition of Abkhazia. It says that Russia will assist in development of international relations of Abkhazia and it joining international organizations. The minister says that realization of the agreement is vital for Abkhaz society.Beslan Baratelia, the head of the economic department of the Presidential Administration, called the document historic. “It contains the basis for colossal opportunities for development of the real sector of the economy, the solution of social problems, the creation of conditions for a flow of investments into the country. It will give Abkhazia an opportunity to take part in the import-displacement program realized by Russia,” assures Baratelia.* * *32 measures will be taken within the framework of realization of the investment program for assistance in socio-economic development in South Ossetia in 2014. Most measures have been realized, six projects will have been accomplished by December 25, only the construction of the K.L Khetagurov State Drama Theater was postponed until 2015, as discussed at a session of the intergovernmental commission for socio-economic cooperation of Russia and South Ossetia, the Yuzhnaya Ossetia and the Severnaya Ossetia papers report. The session rounded up realization of the investment program in 2012-2013 and preliminary progress of the 2014-2016 stage. The accomplishments so far include the beautification of Tskhinvali's streets, restoration of housing, reconstruction of plumbing, gas networks, construction of power lines, medical and education centers, purchase of equipment and medicaments.The commission approved a program for 2015-2017 to build 30 new facilities, including a maternity center, a tuberculosis center, an administrative building of the parliament, , construction and equipping of educational workshops at a multi-profile college in Tskhinvali, the Gufta-Kvayssa road and middle schools in Khetagurovo and Kornis. Beautification of Tskhinvali's streets, restoration of housing will continue. Alexander Khloponin, a co-chair of the commission, a Russian vice prime minister, noted the importance of hiring high-skilled specialists for work in South Ossetia, maintenance of its business attractiveness. The three-year program stipulates grants for development of the real sector of the economy for the first time.* * *“Azerbaijan is the key political and economic partner of ours in the Caucasus Region, a brotherly and friendly country,” said Kazakhstani Ambassador Amangeldy Zhumabayev in an interview with the Kaspiy paper on the 23rd anniversary of independence of Kazakhstan. The two states have annual meetings within the framework of integration structures and international organizations.Trade turnover between the two countries exceeded $370 million last year. Oil and gas, chemical materials, grain, barley, tobacco products, steel and electrical equipment are the main exports of Kazakhstan to Azerbaijan. Kazakhstan imports Azerbaijani bitumen materials, ethylene polymers, car and machinery parts, assembly constructions, agricultural products. The Kazakhstani-Azerbaijani intergovernmental commission for trade-economic cooperation contributes to the development of bilateral relations. The sides cooperate in realization of the Europe-Caucasus-Asia transportation corridor (TRACECA), construction of the Western Europe – Western China international road through the Kizilordu and the South Kazakhstan regions, reconstruction of the Shymkent-Tashkent road, the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars Railway, the tunnel under the Bosphorus to connect the European and Asian railway networks. The Western Europe – Western China highway will connect the railway projects and help boost intermodal and container transit. Zhumabayev added that the countries were working on an agreement to develop transit from China, to Kazakhstan, the Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey and then to the Black Sea.Speaking of mutual investments, the ambassador noted that Kazakhstan had over 600 Azerbaijani enterprises engaged in different sectors of the economy. He mentioned the Baku Grain Terminal for storage and transportation of Kazakhstani grain, its re-export to the Caucasus and the Black Sea regions, EU countries. The Azersun Industrial and Logistical Center is under construction in the Aktau Maritime Port. It will consist of modern warehouses for 10,000 tons of goods, including 2.5 tons of fresh fruits and vegetables, and their distribution in the western region of Kazakhstan.* * *A new vertical integrated complex for production of poultry in the Malgobeksky District will produce and process 10,200 tons of Turkey a year, the Ingushetia paper reports.The head of the republic founded the complex in May 2014. Its two main buildings have almost been completed. Ingushetia.ru reported earlier that 35 buildings would be built on 10 areas, covering a total of 93,000 square meters. The republic plans to build a slaughterhouse, husbandry center, an incubation platform and cleaning facilities. The Ptitsekomplex Yuzhny LLC is confident that the project will have a positive effect on the economy, food security, import displacement.The complex will produce poultry products and sausages under the Halel label. The new center will provide jobs for at least 450 people, 1350 more will be given jobs in other sectors. Budgets will get up to 200 million rubles of income from exploiting the complex. Its construction will be realized by private investments and loans.* * *The Georgian parliament has ratified an international agreement on regulation of transportation means, allowing Georgia to produce vehicles and parts. 48 countries have signed the agreement.Georgian Deputy Minister for Economy Natia Mikeladze noted that several Swedish and Dutch companies have expressed willingness to manufacture the products in Georgia. The ministry has been working on the initiative for two years. After ratification of the agreement, Georgia may get an identification code for manufacturing of cars and parts. It needs to choose a place for the production, it may be the Didi Digomi District on the outskirts of Tbilisi. Georgia will insist on either hiring existing specialists in the country or training them, so that the local population would get jobs, explained Mikeladze.A.S. Group 1990 Director Avtandil Sakvarelidze attended a session of the city assembly commission for urban planning in early October and presented a proposal by Golden Dragon (China) to invest 30 million in the project. According to Sakvarelidze, a factory will be built to produce buses for Georgia and other countries. Over 1500 people will work the
