He told his son-in-law in December: "I will not say I would not serve if the good people were to be so unwise as to elect me."

VOA: special.2009.03.05

He continued to do so today. "If I was on that road, I would say I was on that road,"

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

"So I should say six point five per cent growth projection would be a very comfortable sort of target that the government can have."

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

And on the other side, Georgia is not a unified country, large parts of it now are occupied by the Russians who claim that these parts are independent states so I would say that this is not on the agenda,' Experts say the debate has now shifted from a fast track approach for Georgia's and Ukraine's NATO membership the "Membership Action Plan" concept to "eventually" becoming a member of the Western alliance.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04