I was a member of the Politburo for seven years, a foreign minister.

As for myself, I was never against Russia.

I believe that with the help of foreign countries - and under that condition only, because they have no other source of financing - the new government may temporarily extricate Georgia from the current situation.

I was a member of the Politburo for seven years, a foreign minister.

But on second thought, after I decreed the state of emergency, I came to the conclusion that that was impossible to achieve without bloodshed because the street protesters were full of anger and nearly out of control. This is why I thought we needed to find another way out.

You know, to address crowds and make promises does not require very much brains.

Even the pyramids might one day disappear, but not the Palestinians longing for their homeland.