We have not created any sort of democratic test for any nation.

First and foremost - our vision for a united and peaceful Georgia is based on respect for the desire - and respect for the right - to South Ossetian autonomy.

If Russia shuts off central Asia and the Caspian Sea from Europe, the European allies of the United States will be totally dependent on Russian gas and energy.

For the first time in 15 years, Georgia this winter has its electric power guaranteed without deficit. This is a historic achievement.

America has value-based leadership. America is valued - America is followed by other nations, including my own nation, because it's based on the values that America has to offer to the rest of the world - freedom, freedom of choice, democracy, open market.

We must create the Georgia that our ancestors dreamed of, the Georgia that we dream of.

Investors feel very comfortable working in Georgia