Georgia, Tbilisi, July 29 / Trend N. Kirtzkhalia /
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, who is currently in Singapore, made some statements relating to the country's future development.
"All must analyze and think over the situation," he stressed. "All must think how to improve the situation, stop the economic downturn, strengthen the economic growth and development of Georgia."
While talking about Singapore, Saakashvili recalls that this country was the poorest when it started its development.
"It was poorer than African countries," he stressed.
"The country just believed that everything can be achieved by making efforts and through discipline," he stressed. "They created the richest country in the world without gas and oil, with the best education for young people, one of the best health care systems, virtually zero unemployment. When I say about this, I think that Georgia was moving in this direction."
According to him, Georgia has achieved much for eight years in terms of the Russian embargo and other external problems.
"We had a lot of internal and external problems, but despite this the economy was rapidly growing annually," he added. "We showed the positive emigration balance. More people returned to Georgia compared to those who left the country. New cities were built. If this development continues for 20-30 years, we will live better than Singapore. Perhaps, we will fail to catch up them in income, but it is possible in the general level, development. We must believe. We are persuaded in vain that our nation is undeveloped, Georgia is a small village, mental and intellectual capabilities, bad traditions will not allow us to develop. This is unacceptable and wrong. I have seen working and ambitious Georgia. Georgia must continue such development."