Georgia Prime Minister Kvirikashvili sources to EF: AGRI oil/gas Project Left Open for the Future ?
*Strasbourg/CoE/Angelo Marcopolo/- New Georgian Prime Minister Georgi Kvirikashvili, despite a relevant overall Economic Strategy and his personal Experience as former Economy Minister, with Financialk Studies in the US (Illinois), left unanswered, at least for the moment, the Psending Question of the AGRI Project, for Direct High-Tech Links with EU Countries, by Ship Transport of Liquefied Gas through the Black Sea, Romania, Dunabe and Rhine Rivers, up to the Franco-German EU Industrial core, as well as Northern Sea/Atlantic Ocean, i.e. Netherlands, the UK, etc, from nearby abundant Central Asian sources, (f.ex. Kaspian Sea, etc), practicaly entrusting 2 or 3 sources from his close entourage to tell "Eurofora", in substance, that Georgia continued to discuss and find such possibilities interesting, but rather at an unpredictable Future Horizon.
Instead, in Statements to Journalists in Strasbourg, including "Eurofora" earlier Today Morning, at a Press Point together with the new CoE Assembly's President, Pedro Agramunt, Kvirikashvili preferedto focus mainly on a 5 Years Project for Human Rights, Democracy and Rule of Law - related Reforms in his Country.
Almost as he did also Yesterday Afternoon, at a previous Press-point with CoE's Secretary General Thornbjorn Jagland, where were added some Urgent "Hot" matters, such as, f.ex., the imminent "Free Visa" status viw a vis the 28 EU Countries for Georgians, Nagorno-Karabach conflict, the preparation of the forthcoming, October 2016, Parliamentary Elections in Georgia, etc.
Moreover, Speaking Meanwhile to CoE's PanEuropean Parliamentary Assembly's Plenary Session for the Spring of 2016, the Georgian Prime Minister presented a Nice Plaidoyerie for what he named as "Europeans"' main "Identity" in substance, focused on the Central Idea of "Citizens' Rights", particularly for Respect of "Human Dignity" and active participatiofn, able to make their "Voices Heard" in "Inclusive Decision-Making proces", as well as on the Worldwide Topical Issue of "Internet Freedom", (where Tbilisi revendicates recently some Good Points reportedly given by International NGOs such as "Reporters without Borders", "Freedom House", etc). But he, apparently, found it rather Difficult to provide a crystal-clear and fully convincing Answer to certain Critical MEPs' Questions, f.ex. on the "Imprisonment" of "all the Leaders of Opposition Parties", (among "3.000" People "perseuted for Crimes of the Past"as he said, calling them "Criminals" who "are not above Justice"), still on-going even in the run-up to the Electoral TDV in a few Months time, (etc).
>>> However, in an Interesting, Stragegic Move, Giorgi Kvirikashvili, anounced here also his Government's intention to pursue further "Investing in Core Infrastructures development, supporting Expansion of the East-West and North-South Trade Corridors".
=> This should be done, mainly, by "Utilizing Georgia's Potential of a Transit Country between Europe and Asia, ...thus Creating Economic Opportunities for all our Citizens", as the Prime Minister stressed.
+ It could also serve a "New Silk Road" Mega-Plan for supplementary EU - China links, as "Eurofora" was told by a well-informed source, very close to Kvirikashvili, while it certainly Fits perfectly Well to the Direct 'Georgia-EU" High--Tech Link that can provide Projects like "AGRI" (Comp. Supra), as she acknowledged.
Thus, among at least 3 Sources close to the Georgian Prime Minister, (2 among his own entourage, and a MEP), one appeared quite Enhousiastic aboutt the "AGRI" Project ; another Admittted its Usefulness, (particularly in view also of EU's Policy for the "Dicersification" of Energy Supply Routes, added to the current 2015-2017+ "Juncker Plan" for Investments to Strategic and Innovative Infrastructures), so that it remains Open at a Future Horizon ; while a Third one observed that "It was always Discussed and still at the Minds" of People in Georgia. However, at least ffor the Time being, it was considered not as an imminent matter, bur rather as a Future Possibility.
The Idea to use the PanEuropean River Waterways, (here the Longest one : that of Danube and Rhein Rivers, which opened to Big Gabarit Ships after 2001-2002), as well the Black Sea Transports, mainly by High-Tech Ships using New Technologies of Liquefied Gas, in order to Transfer Central Asia's abudant Energy Resources Directly into the EU, had been initialy promoted by the Netherlands, (a traditional Key Player in Strasbourg - Head-Quartered "Navigation Committee for the Rhine"), which had organized Pioneer Conferences in Romania, etc. and later Supported both by German EU Commissioner, formerly for Energy (and Nowadays for Digital Economy) Oettinger, as well as "Gaz de France"'s experienced International affairs' Director, (a former Foreign Ministry Press Attaché, with whom "Eurofora"'s co-Founder had cooperated a lot, for several years), as well as Romania's former long-time President Traian Basescu, (a former Commercial Ship Captain), who had given us many relevant Statements, at the CoE, EU Parliament or elsewhere, including Experienced and Key Azeri vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mahmud Guliyev, (at first very Positive, but later telling us that it was rather suspended for now), etc.
Significant of what might be really at Stake, was also the Evolving stance off former long-time President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili : First rather Ignoring the matter, he had told us, in substance, that, while being Positively Open to any Projects able to link Georgia to the EU, he prefered to Focus on Real and concrete Plans, instead of Exploring purely Hypothetic Possibilities. But, Afterwards, he clearly Confirmed the actual Existence of that "AGRI" Project (Comp. Supra), and had even anounced that relevant Consultations, Checks and Discussions were Advancing well. However, some time Later-on, he Told us that it had been "Blocked", by someone who "it isn't us" (Georgia), but "one of our Partners", (as had pointed outshortly beforfe Ending his Term, the former Leader of a Country notoriously linked also to an Alternative Long Pipeline Zig-Zaging Southwards towards Turkey, with Plans to Cross all along the Seismic-prone Anatolia Fault, not far away from the Kurdish Conflict, and, recently, even ISIS' Deadly Terrorists, etc).
More Recently, former Prime Minister of Georgia, Bidzina Ivanishvili, (wih whom had Twice cooperated the New Prime Minister, Georgi Kvirikashvili, both while working in the Private Sector of Economy and in the Government), a self-made Billionaire Businessman with a Human Sense of Humour, when we spoke Biefly during his Official Visit at the CoE in Strasbourg, he appeared , either Too Frank, or too Diplomatic, when he Replied to our Question on the "AGRI" Project, mainly by saying that all this "looks quite Complicated", and prefering to suggest, with a Friendly Smile, that, instead of Talking Longer about it now, we'd Better Simply ...take a "Selfie" Photo with the then Prime Minister of Georgia, as we were naturaly Glad to do, just before he Kindly Saluted us and everybody here,while leaving for Tbilisi, (smiling for a compliment about the World-Famous Architectural Choice of the High-Tech/Futurist, but also practicaly Functional, overall Design of his Family Home, located at a Forest of Georgian Mountains)...
Which is the real Reason for which, surprisingly, it takes so long, in a quite "Bumpy" pathway, to simply Build nowadays an equaly sWell Designed, Simple, Economic, High-Tech, Ecological and even Geo-Politicaly Shorter, Safer and Direct Energy Transport Link, between EU and Central Asian Energy Sources ?
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Europe brings Development dynamics at Global Crisis' Summit debates
Thanks also to EU Parliament Plenary's Strasbourg gathering, EU, during the French EU Presidency, managed to integrate the Development issues at Top Debates on the World Summit against the Economic Crisis :
For the 1st time, it's at the same moment with the Wahington G-20 Summit that EU Commissioner Louis Michel co-organizes here with the French EU Presidency parallel mega-events for the "European Development Days", starting from this Week-End and concluding at the eve of a landmark debate in EU Parliament, next Tuesday, on the outcome and follow-up of the Wash.DC Summit.
EU and its Member Countries are the biggest donor for UNO's Millenium Development goals, with 56%, but the 27 are currently struggling to develop a collective leadership in Economic and social matters, that the 15 of EuroGroup (together with the UK and other countries interested to be usefully associated) are starting to spearhead, after the initial success of the 1st EuroZone Heads of State and Government Summit, of October 12 in Paris, according to a New Repport by MEPs Pervench Beres and Werner Langen on the 10 Years of EuroZone (1999-2009) debated Monday and voted on Tuesday.
EU, CoE and World personalities will interact here with Heads of State or Government from Tanzania (African Union chair), Burkina Faso (CEDEAO + UEMOA chair), Zimbabwe (MDC chair), Madagascar, Haiti, Mali, Benin, etc, and some 3000 participants from the Economy, Civil Society, Media, Experts, etc, while the City of Strasbourg adds various related Citizen-events.
Opened by French Secretary of State Alain Joyandet on November 15, and followed by a video-contact with EU Commission President Jose Baroso on the Washington Summit Sunday, the EDD are concluded by Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner on Monday, while their main concerns cannot be ignored in the Debate that EU Parliament will hold on Tuesday, (followed by a Resolution on Wednesday), jointly on the G-20 Washington Summit and on EU Commission's work program for 2009.
A practical opportunity for EU to reflect where it's better to spend EU Citizens' money...
The move is prolonged in several Paris' meetings of EU chair, French President Nicolas Sarkozy with African Heads of State leading regional Organizations, as from Tanzania (A.U. Chair), Burkina Faso (chair of Economic African organizations), Togo, etc, (in parallel with a Ministerial EU - African Union conference in Ethiopia, followed by a visit to Tchad), logically concluded by a meeting with Robert Zoellic President of the World Bank.
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