Mikheil Saakashvili at Kuchis Bichebi concert in Batumi
02 August, 2013
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Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili visited Batumi, Adjara region, yesterday. As the President said in an interview with journalists he arrived in Batumi along with German architects "in order to plan future projects’’.
He arrived at Piazza Square, where the Georgian band Kuchis Bichebi (Street Boys) was holding a concert, though he said he did not arrive there for the concert. It started at 22:00, while the president arrived there at 23:30.

By Nino Khozrevanidze

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