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TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0201

UNCLAS TBILISI 001837 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: GG PREL SCUL
SUBJECT: GEORGIA FINALIZES CULTURAL AGREEMENT 
 
¶1. (U) On September 18, post received a dipnote from the MFA 
indicating that Georgia had completed the internal legal 
procedures required for entry into the "Agreement between the 
Government of Georgia and the Government of the United States 
of America on the Protection and Preservation of Certain 
Cultural Properties."  Commission Chairman Warren Miller and 
Ambassador Vasil Sikharalidze signed the agreement in 
Washington on July 28.  Below is an unofficial MFA 
translation of the note. 
 
¶2. (U) Begin Text: 
 
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia 
 
N 6/4609-14 
 
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia presents its 
compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America in 
Tbilisi and has the honor to inform it of the following: 
 
Georgia has completed internal legal procedures necessary for 
the entry into force of the "Agreement between the Government 
of Georgia and the Government of the United States of America 
on the Protection and Preservation of Certain Cultural 
Properties" signed in Tbilisi on July 28, 2008. 
 
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia hereby requests 
the Embassy to notify about the completion of internal legal 
procedures necessary for the entry into force of the 
above-mentioned Agreement. 
 
(Complimentary closing) 
 
Tbilisi, September 15, 2008 
 
End Text. 
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