The FINANCIAL -- According to Civil Georgia, President Saakashvili , who is paying a two-day working visit to Ukraine , held talks with his Ukrainian counterpart, Victor Yushchenko on November 19.

The FINANCIAL -- According to Civil Georgia, EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM) said on November 19 it had been informed by the Georgian authorities that there would be “significant movement of the Georgian armed forces due to a restructuring programme.”

The FINANCIAL -- According to Civil Georgia, President Saakashvili discussed ongoing bilateral cooperation in frames of U.S.-Georgia Charter on Strategic Partnership and situation in Georgia’s breakaway regions during a phone conversation with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on November 18, the Georgian Foreign Ministry said on November 19.

The FINANCIAL -- According to Civil Georgia, President Saakashvili left for Ukraine on November 18 to participate in the ceremony of opening a new building of Georgian Embassy in Kiev .

The FINANCIAL -- According to Civil Georgia, State Minister for Euro-Atlantic Integration and Vice-Premier, Giorgi Baramidze, met with NATO Secretary General Andres Fogh Rasmussen in Brussels on November 18.