10770329 Manufacturer drones sued the Georgian government
Israeli company Elbit Systems, which manufactures and modernization of armament, has sued the Georgian government. This is stated in a press release issued by PR Newswire. Elbit requires the claim of $ 100 million. According to the source, we are talking about the money owed to the company on certain contracts entered into in 2007, but have not been paid by the Georgian side. Which specific contracts in question did not specify. The lawsuit is aimed at the UK High Court of Justice (High Court of Justice). The reaction of official Tbilisi's claim is still unknown. Georgia, according to Civil Georgia, in the past to buy from Elbit Systems unmanned spy planes Hermes 450. In the spring of 2008 in an interview with New York Times the president of the republic, Mikhail Saakashvili said that from Israel to Georgia was delivered about 40 UAVs, which were then distributed between the police and army. "The mountainous terrain is a very handy thing," – he said. The Georgian side has used unmanned aircraft, in particular, to monitor the territory of Abkhazia. Several vehicles were hit by the Abkhaz side. Among other things, Elbit Systems has modernized for Georgia T-72 tanks, setting them new means of communication devices "friend or foe", and other equipment, as well as new armor. The current lawsuit by Elbit Systems was filed against the backdrop of cooling relations of Georgia with Israel. Relations soured due to the fact that in Georgia, were arrested and subsequently convicted of two Israeli businessmen (Roni Fuchs and Ze'ev Frankel). They were convicted of attempted bribery of senior Georgian officials. Case Fuchs and Frenkel has angered Tel Aviv. Georgian Foreign Ministry, in particular, asked Israel's Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, said that he considered far-fetched accusations against fellow countrymen. Later it became known that his visit to Israel a few representatives of the Georgian leadership are deposited on the initiative of the Israeli side. In early April, also reported that the Israeli headquarters in the fight against terror has returned to Georgia in the list of countries from which the visiting Israelis to refrain.
