“Georgian dream” to preparing for talks with Saakashvili

Georgian opposition leader Bidzina Ivanishvili, whose Georgian Dream party won the parliamentary elections there on Monday, denied he had demanded early presidential elections and said he is preparing for talks with President Mikheil Saakashvili and the government in preparation for his transition to power later this year, the sources say.

"In line with the Georgian constitution, the parliamentary majority must have contact with the president. We must resolve a number of issues, so we have formed a group of coalition representatives who will enter talks with the president and the government of that coalition," he said statement on Wednesday.

That group includes former Georgian ambassador to the UN and leader of the Our Georgia-Free Democrats party Iraklia Alasania, Republican Party leader David Usupashvili and one of the coalition leaders, Irakli Garibashvili