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a top north korean diplomat is said to travel to the u.s. for talks and resuming stalled nuclear disarmament to go she asians it comes days after envoys from the north and south met for the first time in two years and agreed to renew six party talks. well next we return to the caucasus where the republican because he is gearing up to elect a new president following the death of surgical got. off interviews the prime minister about the future of the country. we'll be. bringing you the latest in science stream technology from the realms. we've done for the future coverage.

hello again the welcome to squawk like the interview shelton on part three i'll do you know then today my guest in just a deal is set again shall by three years ago two small quotations charities and south is said he came into the spotlight of international media following the south to such a military conflict to the fact so independent republics were finally record enough for the first week by russia and a couple of other countries two months ago i promise you the last was president the late city of my back and is now preparing for itself election of a new head of state was spilling onto it that was e.f. three has lost its independence. day causing prime minister and president sygate sharma. in georgia trying to topple the resistant regime in the break with republic

of south acetic three years ago moscow was there to help russia became the first state to resign and i was the independence of self-censorship and the other georgian breakaway republic all the colosseum in the spring of this year the president. died of heart failure and now the young country's leading for immunity her company will be known says there's a shortlist of three the acting head of state the opposition leader and the prime minister. this is a good question and mr shamba think you for coming to the program we're happy to have you with this house he has been living in it he's a patient i was really election for the last two months this extraordinary situation the stability in the republic. scan shows hard to say that and certainly that has taken president served a bug up show away from us and under the constitution of a cause here the presidential election has to take place on august twenty sixth for

the state to across has held elections more than once before and therefore it will be the fourth presidential election in the history of the country and these elections have always met the standards of transparency and democracy as general evaluations and comments by international watchdog suggest. but we're sure the upcoming election will also live up to these standards were invited many observers especially from some european countries to monitor the election. well some eighteen months ago we held the previous presidential election. and that was expressed by the monitors is highly democratic and absolutely legal and look at the . order there is no election rush as such among voters is there. no political present society has traditionally been much politicized and has always struggled for the citizens' rights and

a cause as independence as it is in certain political activities clearly seen even now but it definitely won't cross the lines by the constitution. because in law. sticking to the election topic you work together with the other party is acting president alexander uncle in the gulf government's. decision to rival each other instead of nominating a concerted candidate against the opposition leader. and then when you look where rival initials candidacy of us is go in his own way. we think it's good to let people choose and this is a democratic and open competition which makes the popular choice subject or. ask mentioning comes to a second election round and the only one of you has passed the other front runner being hired him unquote support one another in this case to be the opposition. you

know it will greatly depend on the results of the second election round who wins because the electorate will have formed by that time and i don't think that any attempts on the part of the political leaders to influence their opinions can succeed it's critical to expect russia to take as we remember russia supported one of the candidates back in two thousand and four that we have extended talks in moscow did you sense any disposition. seem to go it was. a struggle for its independence for quite a long. it's liberty to the victims and losses. therefore any for intrusion and it causes domestic affairs this is encounter a small bit of version of the population. it accounts for the voters overreaction and two thousand and four. which. as far as i see the russian leadership is not coincidental with the presidential election this time. this is what i'm

carbon dioxide heard here in our regular meetings of the russian politicians. how do you feel about the possibility of the opposition coming to power and how you theory is critical he is that if their physician sees power can this lead to revolutionary developments in the country we know in two thousand and four it was the opposition that rips the power this was preceded by a few years election struggle of course which is quite common for all the actions in. given the parliamentary elections all our political events go in the atmosphere of close competition. i hate to interrupt you but the country was basically on the brink of a civil war in two thousand and four yes on the brink but we always know the right time to start i hope so. truly unique solutions were found back and said thousand and four. two rivaling candidates united their efforts and went to the next election round as a president and vice president if they wish it were a mystic it is the president in such matters it is life itself that directs.

people not. this poses certain threats to the life of a community. that's why the president society has always been so anxious to preserve stability and peace in his country. you are generally considered to be a top line or a politician who favors diplomacy and i think you can your consent to give this interview proves the point if some think it is more of a drawback. in the run up to the presidential election you surely have a tough action plan to come back corruption and increasing community in the country . of course i have one i think you can't and force law and order by police methods. you should use diplomatic tools and we are about to do this. i am a person with democratic fears a liberal of a ski and i'm known for my views just to libya. but i think that this is the right

approach that helps find solutions to challenging issues the shots were they well any sorts of tough measures simply unacceptable in across there. just like in any other country in which there is there as we all can see what came out of tough regimes such as to tell a terror in regimes and others. and our people are especially freedom loving. tolerance to pressure and you can go in a room and you put it all therefore in a positive way it was the society itself. chose democracy. we would all democrat the script which well georgia is an example of tough ruled by one person really has been office work quite a while. but we see that the motion never stops in georgia people are unhappy in the government keeps being shuffled moreover it often happens in an unconstitutional way god forbid that we live a life like this. with all the difficulties we've been having this is florida

even in the times of the blockade. when the pressure put on us by major international players was really high and as you know the united states russia france the united kingdom germany the united nations they all see just another international organizations around the whole took part in the children of conflict settlement. and most of them put pressure on us trying to drive us back into georgia. but nevertheless we stood by our interests and that's something we really know how to do. it and let's go back to the election while looking at georgia's experience situation in georgia is quite difficult there are always some spies skin those officials close to sexually open end up in jail and so on that's what it boils down to. but it could actually be to your advantage because there is an opinion that your g.m. has its hands busy right now it is more focused on his domestic situation and

therefore you should expect no pressure to interfere no provocation from georgia during the upcoming election is that true. you know once we signed the treaty of friendship corporation and mutual assistance with the russian federation sort of the wish to find the surgical license with russia it will taint the security guarantees provided by this treaty we now have russia's protection system we in the dish. so this will take the opportunity to develop economic relations with russia. and these two facts or change the situation in a positive romantically and the fears zero people used to have of georgia are now given way to the new outlook another new concerns. these days our society feels that's how priority challenge the way probably is that of corruption. and this i think speaks a lot for itself. therefore speaking of the

presidential elections where certain about. well i think it's going to know exactly the way she was largely criticised for looking into russia too much perhaps in the end for having made way to many concessions. parties leadership that would need to make some adjustments in this sense. i think that no matter who gets the office strategic alliance with russia will remain the top priority or not because there's a chance. there is no other option not least because other countries in the region have not yet recognized. the present i'm going to have this thing which states edge between keeps french and green or would you say it has nothing to do with the caucuses. well i think that in any case this is worth knowing.

how much truth is there in the opinion of how he is independence can actually be in danger and the danger comes from russia show that there's a risk there has he can be taken over by russia by russian business interests and kept you know he explained business. no it was go out on style really say that we are a small country facing many threats and no history proves that he wants to do in the world well therefore smart leadership means everything to us and thus we hope that our leaders will always be very smart see that will need to do but the most but we already had some very bitter experience in the past and we should learn from it and that i see and we do not see any attempts on russia's side to suppress our national identity our statehood for our choice and that's why we were. asked for concerns of the economy nature of the economy well we actually welcome investments into. the present and this process is already underway in the process

of your natural surplus that we're going to see a play as well a presence his recognition of us over and say businessmen encouraged more businesses to explore country nationally but only so we really welcome investors and new projects in our country we already have some projects all for it says silvia shellback kasi and prime minister spotlight will be back shortly after the break so stay with us. twenty years ago largest country in the costs are places of. say. one hundred million each man. began

a journey. where to take a. wealthy british style. that's not on. the market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with months concert for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to cause a report. welcome back to spotlight. just a reminder that my guest in the studio. the shamba the prime minister.

we have touched upon the issue of russia's economic presence an impasse and you said you welcome russian investment in their housing economy as far as i know. from what i saw when it came to a party last year with investment from other countries not just russia he's equally important here what is the current situation here track's any significant investment from western countries of crazy. old don't speak of significance investments at this stage. business circles and even some american business people have been shown certain interests. but anyway the number of people who come up with projects that's good these days is still so rather limited. what are these people interested in to be more precise in by any stretch of the black sea coast the only must be after the end. to give you an example there is

a turkish company that deals with coal mining also cooperate with companies interested in a cause in resource areas travel industry and natural resources for serve areas business proposals. but as i have already mentioned very scarce that which is partially the result of the western policies towards of course the united states and the european union that there's been considerable interest or not because there are some places there are certain willingness to cooperate specially in the economic sphere. the u.s. and the e.u. to develop a strategy of engagement without recognition in regard to the states. that's an interesting concept. without readmission in the west cannot recognize a cause here for political reasons but at the same time it is. to promote cooperation with your country i heard an opinion that this move was not inspired by the wish to help not even by the considerations of profits but said to prevent russia from gaining

a dominant position in the region have you sensed this trend of the western policies as if that's a cause here. or there but it hasn't come for the implementation of this policy that is of course what you're saying is true. there is competition over a we have always said that it would be in the past when the political settlement was on the way and now when the economic interests are older they are foreigners allowed to purchase real estate in a positive place. so. there because their law stipulates that land can go on sale and only citizens of a are entitled to buy real estate or an international at the present moment the parliament is considering a lot raft that will enable compromise on this question. if the bill is passed or is any foreigner not only russians will be able to purchase houses on the seaside am i right i will explain the question of the russian resort city of sochi things looking at only one hundred kilometers away from how is tremendously popular with

tourists and it's overcrowded you think of how the sea is eminently cleaner the air is cleaner the environment is much better than in sochi you should make use of this potential what is holding you back. the thing is we want to preserve the spear through our nature but isn't the person we feel very cautious about projects that can harm the environment. we have already had to turn down some very destructive proposals because the public was first strongly opposed to the projects existence to. protect the i don't want to sound offensive with regard to a very few woman who wants to preserve her virginity she shouldn't get married and she never will in fact. we should find a compromise solution here do you think there can be a compromise in this situation. that's why we're now discussing this new compromise alone real estate. purslow will apply to the new buildings only.

it is go and serve a lot of foreign citizens but and no new buildings in a browser or. a lot of cousins were driven out into turkey during the wars in the caucasus in the nineteenth century there isn't any how he's between thirty as iran opposing nowadays much more in fact. who live in impasse here today are very small people and you put there are you playing in the real. in order to attract all those who were displaced from their home country. we are pursuing a special policy in this regard that as we have established a state body that deals with the past ration issue has no mass migrations of stars and so for me it was a risk in this that is there are people who want to come back so cross the repass ration by the helps them settle down and resolve their rising problems the story that if you put a little more besides the great number of ethical cousins living in turkey it sure

determines the policy of the turkish government of course for silicates friendly relations between a cause that is and turkey. least. turkey still hasn't recognized us or i thought the turks always take the conclusion factor to intervene situation. plaza turkish because ins are consolidated within a country white caucasian community shill and they form a significant force that can influence the domestic political decision making process. but it is clear seal in this regard apologies very much like our meeting at and since up to seventy percent of iranians that reside outside their native country but their incomes form over half of the budget know the state budget of course but the household budgets of the relatives we have anything of the kind that our situations are completely different because our main is one nation state while you will still put armenians formore ninety percent of us

population to them whereas we have a multicultural society. and our unique culture which incorporates many different cultures is what makes us strong presence. and. this is especially true of our capital so whom has inspired many poets and writers of this one of a kind mixture of cultures traditions and religions and so she has something truly unique. this prisoner. bruces of recognition for your independent state so you don't quite well but then at least somehow the slowdown in there's been no further progress since then as far as i know do you expect this process is to anytime soon surely already. we have signed a treaty with russia which takes care of practically all of our key problems the problem and the key problems any country faces in the domains of security and

economic development or. our alliance with russia themselves or sadrist these two issues straight both security and economic development in the most efficient way can any school as it were a lot has already been done and those fears. that alliance with the world's largest country that we share extended lead boundaries with is naturally the key here. nevertheless well diplomats continue their efforts we cooperate with many countries the story has never happened before in our history that's how ambassadors work somewhere far from our region although their cousin kingdom existed for many centuries we continue on that day our diplomats work on distant continents during their work and latin america and south and central america in the caribbean national as well as in the pacific region and yes the process is underway and the main thing. is that there are friendly nations out there and there is an understanding that a president is a sovereign term accredit state is

a recently strong argument there are also many powerful forces trying to hinder this process well that's the political environment but it will be changing because it cannot stay the same forever what of course in the end of the day is a recognition of a cause it will depend on the progress we made and in our message to the world and i'm sure that our message will be saying that it is an open democratic and friendly state. that's the kind of country we're building a storm of so. powerful forces that then in a way that was on the global economic arena what are those forces is the united states where you work for georgia where. well they have been well known cases when for example belarus was ready to recognize a cross there but then it faced pressure from the european union and the united states that's one simple example. but if you ever tell me to look at shank over the

years that he was pressured by washington international recognition of he will go bananas i wouldn't recommend telling him that. well let's say he had to yield to circumstances that we understand everything and hold no grudge against anyone of course we know that those states and their politicians live in today's world and have to take and search countless cohen on around so do we actually know what's going on in the world does worry us to us in the. lynwood with the russia which is you along with border suzy you also have one more important neighbor and there is georgia. which you have legally been a part of for many years do you expect ever to live to see a constructive dialogue starting with georgia in the immediate georgia starting to recognize a positive partially. you know i have always said that georgia will recognize a cause a one day around the important prison at the present i just don't know when that

they will come but you see not much time has passed and yet we already see well known brother influential people in georgia including next president mr shevardnadze saying that a cause a should be recognized. right now there also calls to that but i think as time goes by there will be an understanding that it is better to be friends with the president and to remain in a permanent conflict for that and confront threats which we see we already have a dialogue has georgia right now but it's impossible since they passed laws. or don't allow us to get behind the negotiations table is a spoke of the go or the as they claim that a cross is an occupied country well we don't regard ourselves as occupied so we see cause we have an agreement with russia polish there is a russian military base in the process but it would somehow as he is about as much occupied by russia is georgia is occupied by the united states and if they feel well yes we may consider a token search other like that forever. georgia says that it won't be able to talk with us unless of course it is the occupiers move. in this case they have to wait

for a long time and change their minds in the end anyway this is so if i get it correctly it is possible but not under the current regime in belief seem near the worst but i think that a sober view of the current situation in the region will prevail sooner or later assume not only in georgia but also among those who support your chance to get up and i see that certain understanding already exists but there are various mutual obligations that prevent the policies that i need probable later in the situation correctly since the last spicier thank you very much for being with us and just to remind my guest today was said to be a shop that the present prime minister spotlight will be back with more firsthand comments on what's going on in and outside russia so let's stay in the party can take a.