TBILISI. – During his meeting with state employees, Georgia’s President Mikheil Saakashvili recalled the landslide, which recently occurred nearby the Armenian-Georgian border and which claimed five lives, apsny.ge reported.

“As a result of the tragic incident in Armenia, our several citizens died, which is very sad. One of the drivers, who is a citizen of Georgia and here [in Georgia] he criticizes our government and levels it to the ground, says in front of cameras: ‘If it were our government, they would have cleared the area in two hours. Look, so much time has passed and no one came to clear the road.’ I do not want to say anything bad about Armenia, they are our friends, but [Georgia’s State Minister for Regional Development and Infrastructure] Ramaz Nikolaishvili has found solutions for more complicated situations, in several hours. But two weeks were needed here. This is what effective state apparatus means,” Saakashvili stated.