Georgia – Saakashvili Wins Election in Georgia

Georgia – Mikheil Saakashvili has won Georgia’s presidential election in the first round with 52.5% of the vote, according to early exit polls organized by Georgian TV companies.

President Saakashvili is known to have very close relationships with the Jewish community, he is expressed many times in the open his appreciation for the local Jewish community and expressed hopes of maintaining warm relations with it and the Jewish Diaspora. He expressed the importance of Georgia-Israel relations.

“I am proud to underline that, over the centuries Jews have lived in Georgia, they have never felt like foreigners or an unwanted minority here,” stated the Georgian President on many occasions.