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	Mamia Alasania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mamia Alasania (Georgian: მამია ალასანია) was a commanding General of the Georgian interitor forces who have been killed during the Sukhumi Massacre, along with Zhiuli Shartava, Guram Gabiskiria and others on September 27, 1993.
		Born and raised in Sukhumi, Alasania joined the Georgian forces during the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict.
		His son, Irakli Alasania became an envoy of the President of Georgia at the Georgian-Abkhaz talks.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mamia_Alasania (117 words)

	PRESS CONFERENCE BY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF GEORGIA
		Alasania cited that act as one example of the “constant attempts” to destabilize his country, and said it showed that changes to the composition of peacekeeping troops were urgently needed.
		Alasania said increased efforts by Georgia to pursue greater Euro-Atlantic integration, as well as its aspirations to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), had triggered a belief in Russia that it was gradually losing influence over the country. Mr.
		Alasania replied that when four Russian servicemen were detained by Georgian authorities a few weeks ago for engaging in aggressive intelligence gathering, Russia had used the event as a pretext to impose embargoes on Georgia. All along, Russia had harboured ethnic-intolerant sentiments towards Georgia.
	www.un.org /News/briefings/docs/2006/061013_Georgia.doc.htm (355 words)

	Georgia Today on the Web (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Irakli Alasania, presidential representative in the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict settlement issues, said the Abkhazian version of the peace plan is unacceptable.
		Alasania presented the Sokhumi-prepared proposal of conflict settlement to the Georgian parliament.
		According to Alasania, Georgian and Abkhazian law enforcement agencies should guarantee the security of IDPs under the supervision of the UN civilian police forces.
	www.georgiatoday.ge /article_details.php?id=1419 (537 words)

	Georgia urges Russia to halt navy drills
		Georgia's U.N. envoy Irakli Alasania made the comments amid a spying row that has chilled relations between the ex-Soviet neighbors to the worst level in a decade.
		Alasania said the peace process between Georgia and its breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia needed to be overhauled.
		Alasania said Georgia remained committed to a peaceful solution in the region but Russia had "not yet made the strategic decision to be part of the solution rather than be part of the problem".
	www.prisonplanet.com /articles/October2006/041006Georgia.htm (398 words)

	World Prout Assembly: Georgia Pushes Policy of "Pro-Active Engagement" with Abkhazia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Irakli Alasania is the chairman of Abkhazia’s government-in-exile and a special representative of the Georgian President for the Abkhazian conflict.
		Alasania: After Russia’s heavy handling of the power crisis in Sukhumi, the Abkhazians started to understand how dramatic, unstable and insecure their relations with Russia are.
		Alasania: The attitude of the Abkhazian side toward the refugees and IDPs appears to be frozen in a confrontational mindset.
	www.worldproutassembly.org /archives/2005/07/georgia_pushes.html (1703 words)

	Georgia: Tbilisi Meeting Raises Hopes Of Resolving Abkhaz Conflict
		Alasania, meanwhile, told RFE/RL on May 16 that he sees the main danger to the peace process in "provocations" in the conflict zone, and the militarization of the situation in Gali.
		Alasania said that the two sides discussed (bilaterally, not at the Coordinating Council session) the possible signing of a formal document on the nonresumption of hostilities, but concluded that they need more time to finalize such a document, which could be signed at a meeting between Bagapsh and Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili.
		Alasania also said that Georgia would like to "change the format" of the peacekeeping operation to make it more effective and better suited to conditions on the ground, but he declined to specify what, if any, alternatives Tbilisi might propose to the current exclusively Russian peacekeeping force.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2006/05/mil-060517-rferl02.htm (1034 words)

	NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF GEORGIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS
		Irakli Alasania, the new Permanent Representative of Georgia to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
		Alasania served from March 2006 as adviser to the President of Georgia on Conflict Resolution. He also acts as the President of Georgia’s Special Representative for the Georgian-Abkhaz talks, a status he retains in his current capacity. Mr.
		Alasania was appointed as the President’s Special Representative for Abhkazia in February 2005 and, at that time, he also acted as Head of Government of the Abkhazia Autonomous Republic.
	www.un.org /News/Press/docs/2006/bio3792.doc.htm (179 words)

	Online Magazine - Civil Georgia
		Irakli Alasania, a highly-respected negotiator in both Tbilisi and Sokhumi, as well as in the international community, will have to deal with the Abkhaz conflict from New York after the Parliament approves him as Georgia’s Permanent Representative to the UN, which is expected to occur next week.
		Irakli Alasania, 32, was appointed the President’s aide for Abkhaz conflict issues in March, 2006.
		Alasania will be able to continue his task even more productively there [in the UN], where issues of this kind are being solved,” MP Givi Targamadze, the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Defense and security, said on June 12.
	www.civil.ge /eng/detail.php?id=12813 (717 words)

	Saakashvili appointed Alasania, Chairman of the Tbilisi-based Abkhaz government-in-exile, as his assistant for the ...
		Tbilisi, 21 March 2006 (Civil Georgia - website) - President Saakashvili appointed Irakli Alasania, Chairman of the Tbilisi-based Abkhaz government-in-exile, as his assistant for the Abkhazian conflict issues, the President’s spokesman Gela Charkviani said on March 20.
		Despite good personal relationship between Alasania and some representatives of the breakaway Abkhaz authorities, the latter always refused to hold official talks with Alasania, as Sokhumi denounces Tbilisi-based Abkhaz government-in-exile as illegitimate.
		Irakli Alasania also served as the Georgian President’s personal representative for the Abkhaz conflict settlement.
	www.caucaz.com /home_eng/depeches.php?idp=932 (247 words)

	The Jamestown Foundation
		Afterwards, Irakli Alasania, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili's representative to the Abkhaz conflict and chair of the Tbilisi-based Abkhaz government-in-exile, admitted that the government's decision to send troops to Abkhazia in 1992 was a tragic mistake.
		It remains to be seen whether Alasania's statement is a prelude to the current Georgian government admitting that the 1992 military invasion of Abkhazia was a mistake.
		Alasania claimed that Russia has sponsored all of the latest maneuvers in Abkhazia, because the Abkhaz government was unable to finance them.
	www.jamestown.org /publications_details.php?volume_id=407&issue_id=3440&article_id=2370161 (994 words)

	Humanitarian Texts » Blog Archive » Situation in Abkhazia
		Irakli Alasania presented the special report on the current developments in Abkhazia and, considering new priorities of the UN high working group, introduced the new views and priorities of the Georgian government.
		Alasania noted that the Georgian side observes alarming trends in de-facto leadership’s activities, and particularly stressed the deteriorating security and safety in the Gali district, including violations of human rights and threats to the lives of local population.
		Alasania mentioned some negative aspects of the CIS Peace Keeping Forces and the increasing mistrust of Georgian population towards their activities.
	www.heidi-barathieu-brun.ch /en/archives/188 (661 words)

	Georgia Today on the Web
		Irakli Alasania, Georgia’s UN representative, commented on the obstacles faced by and the importance of this achievement: “The significance of this achievement is quite big.
		According to Alasania, Georgia and the other GUAM states have gained a new tribune and a new instrument.
		The Russian Federation’s representative Viktor Kaminin voiced his objection to the move, saying that “the insistence on including the item was aimed at undermining existing mechanisms to negotiate settlements of the conflicts.” According to Alasania, Russia spared no effort in trying to prevent the draft resolution from appearing on the agenda and nearly succeeded.
	www.georgiatoday.ge /article_details.php?id=1704 (455 words)

	Online Magazine - Civil Georgia
		President Saakashvili appointed Irakli Alasania, Chairman of the Tbilisi-based Abkhaz government-in-exile, as his assistant for Abkhazian conflict issues on March 20.
		The first announcement by Irakli Alasania after taking the position of presidential aide regarded the launch of the development of an action plan for settelment of the Abkhaz conflict.
		According to Irakli Alasania, the joint declaration also deals with the issues related to economic cooperation and human rights in the pre-dominantly Georgian populated Gali district of breakaway Abkhazia.
	www.civil.ge /eng/article.php?id=12145 (901 words)

	No negotiations with Abkhazian government in exile
		"We won't meet with Irakli Alasania as a representative of the so called Abkhazian government in exile, despite the fact that the Georgian president has appointed him envoy for the Georgian-Abkhazian negotiations," acting Abkhazian foreign minister Sergey Shamba said to the Caucasian Knot correspondent commenting on Mikhail Saakashvili's decision.
		Irakli Alasania, chairman of the Abkhazian government in exile, was appointed envoy for the Georgian-Abkhazian negotiations by Mikhail Saakashvili's order today.
		Alasania will take part in the talks in Geneva set for the middle of March.
	eng.kavkaz.memo.ru /newstext/engnews/id/768700.html (150 words)

	Georgia Today on the Web (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The new plan was presented by Irakli Alasania, personal representative of the Georgian president in the Georgia-Abkhazia negotiations.
		The document prepared by Alasania is similar to the one adopted on South Ossetia,” said Giga Bokeria, influential parliamentarian from the ruling National Movement Party.
		Even the opposition has expressed complete trust in Irakli Alasania, noting that he has the ability to skillfully coordinate this issue.
	64.202.123.217 /article_details.php?id=1301 (526 words)

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		Alasania said that attempts by Russia to link the move toward independence of Kosovo to a similar status for Abkhazia are "troubling." Amb.
		Alasania repeated his call that the peacekeeping force in Georgia be transitioned from Russian troops to UN blue helmets.
		Alasania brought with him an individual he called the "Head of Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia," Malkhaz Akishbaia.
	www.alertnet.org /db/blogs/1265/2006/09/12-125236-1.htm (656 words)

	Latest Headlines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		According to Alasania, with the mediation of the UNOMIG as well as Group of Friends of the UN Secretary General on Georgia, Georgia''s proposals regarding the preparation of the document on security guarantees were handed over to the Abkhaz side in July.
		Although the Abkhaz side refuses to hold official talks with him because he heads Council of Ministers of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia-in-exile, Irakli Alasania held an unofficial meeting with Sergey Shamba in Tbilisi on August 4 and discussed the issues of settlement with him.
		Irakli Alasania reported that a task force working on proposals of the Georgian side regarding security guarantees included members of the Georgian National Security Council, the Foreign Ministry, and the Office of the State Minister for Conflict Settlement and the office of Georgian President''s Special Representative in Georgian-Abkhaz talks.
	www.unomig.org /media/headlines/?id=4088&y=2005&m=8&d=8 (337 words)

	News from Abkhazia - May 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The plan presented by Alasania, together with an Abkhaz plan which President Sergei Bagapsh handed over in Tbilisi on May 15, represent the most detailed documents to be presented since the conflict ended 12 years ago with Abkhazia claiming independence from Georgia – a claim still unrecognised by the outside world.
		Alasania, who is the Georgian president’s adviser on Abkhaz conflict resolution, told the coordinating council that his government’s priority was for the displaced Georgians – numbering about 250,000 – to go back to Abkhazia.
		The agreement to hold a meeting of the Coordination Council was reached during Alasania’s trip to Sukhum on March 29.
	www.kapba.de /News-E-May2006.html (6132 words)

	Georgia UN Calls On Tbilisi To Exercise Restraint
		It also urges the Abkhaz leadership to tackle "the need for a dignified return of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees" and to publicly reassure locals, especially in the Gali district, that their rights of residency and identity will be respected.
		Irakli Alasania, who is Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili's envoy to the Georgian-Abkhaz talks, said after the resolution was adopted that the inefficiency, in his view, of the Russia-led CIS peacekeeping troops for the last 12 years can no longer be tolerated.
		Alasania, Georgia's envoy, said that Shamba would not have been allowed to enter the UN building in Manhattan even if he had been granted a U.S. visa, as only representatives of officially recognized countries can attend sessions of the Security Council.
	www.templetonthorp.com /de/news1374 (586 words)

	Georgia Today on the Web (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Abkhazians rejected the participation of Irakli Alasania in the talks, stating that Sokhumi does not recognize legitimate government of Abkhazia.
		I believe he is a person with whom it is possible to have talks, however, as he chairs the legitimate authorities of the Abkhazian Autonomous Republic, we have no intentions to talk to him,” Shamba stressed.
		Then he went on to say that if Abkhazia negotiated with Irakli Alasania, it would be the same as to legitimize Tbilisi’s rights on the ‘Autonomous Republic’ and its necessary involvement in the negotiations of the political status of Abkhazia in Georgia’s borders.
	www.georgiatoday.ge /article_details.php?id=323 (389 words)

	Abkhazia: Armed Groups Infiltrate Abkhazia from Russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Irakli Alasania, the newly appointed Chairman of the Tbilisi-based Abkhazian Council of Ministers-in-exile, said on October 15 that armed groups from Russia have penetrated into the unrecognized republic of Abkhazia following the crisis, which erupted in the breakaway region after the disputed October 3 presidential elections.
		These forces are led by the leaders of the Confederation of the North Caucasus Peoples,” Irakli Alasania said at a news briefing on October 15.
		Irakli Alasania expressed protest over the inactivity of Russian border guards regarding the facts of illegal crossing the Abkhaz section of the Russian-Georgian border.
	www.unpo.org /article.php?id=1291 (180 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		A meeting between President’s Adviser on Conflict Resolution Issues Irakli Alasania and Acting Special Representative of the UN Secretary General to Georgia Ivo Petrov was held in Tbilisi, on July 27, 2006.
		The sides spoke of the readiness expressed by the Abklhazian de-facto authorities to hold the second meeting of the Coordination Council of the Georgian and Russian sides in the near future.
		Irakli Alasania noted that Georgia attaches a great importance to the expansion of a bilateral dialogue, while, against the existing background, the continuation of work within the Council will, in his opinion, have a positive effect.
	www.mfa.gov.ge /print.php?gg=1&sec_id=33&info_id=1907&lang_id=ENG (206 words)

	ViewsWire
		In the latter case, a plan will be put before parliament to abolish a number of the state ministries dealing with conflict resolution, civic integration, and refugees and internally displaced people, consolidating them into one ministry.
		This is likely to be headed by Irakli Alasania, a relation of the president, who currently heads the Tbilisi-based Abkhazian government-in-exile.
		Irakli Okruashvili, the defence minister, is also rumoured to be candidate, but his appointment could provoke a backlash from the allies of the former prime minister, Zhurab Zhvania, who see him as too close to Mr Saakashvili.
	www.eiu.com /index.asp?layout=VWPrintVW3&article_id=1429617128&printer=printer (540 words)

	News from Abkhazia - February 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Alasania today said he would also discuss the prospect of a meeting between the presidents of Abkhazia and Georgia.
		Tbilissi, Presidential representative at Georgian-Abkhazian conflict settlement talks Irakly Alasania said the meetings with Abkhazian leaders in Sukhum on Wednesday were "a step forward in the process of settling the conflict."
		Alasania also said it was "very important" that the parties, in the course of the Sukhum meetings, "had considered organizational issues related to the opportunities to hold a meeting between Saakashvili and Bagapsh."
	www.kapba.de /News-E-March2006.html (4531 words)

	EurasiaNet Recaps - Georgian Defense Official Rules Out Force in Agkhazia
		Alasania: President Shevardnadze, the Minister of State Security, and the Minister of Defense have all declared that Georgia is 100 percent committed to a political resolution in Abkhazia.
		Alasania: We have clear information that Wahhabis are building mosques and are actively involved in recruiting people in Abkhazia.
		Alasania: The Ministries of State Security and Internal Affairs have decided to establish a joint operation center to start law enforcement and special activities in Pankisi.
	www.eurasianet.org /departments/recaps/articles/eav040102.shtml (931 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Alasania will reportedly also retain his position of Presidential aide for Abkhaz conflict issues.
		Alasania told reporters on June 12 that issues related with the Abkhaz conflict, in particular enforcement of the UN police component in the Gali district of Abkhazia and human rights in Gali, will be his major priority in the UN.
		Before become the President’s aide Irakli Alasania served as Chairman of the Tbilisi-based Abkhaz government-in-exile.
	www.civil.ge /eng/print.php?id=12808 (219 words)

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