**Mamuka Khazaradze Denies Paying for Arbitration Services**
Mamuka Khazaradze, leader of the “Lelo – Strong Georgia” party, denies paying $600,000 for international arbitration services. According to him, it was the Anaklia Development Consortium that paid this amount.
Khazaradze claims that the ruling Georgian Dream party is spreading a lie about him paying for these services. He questions why they are bringing up this issue now when the payment was made last year.
**Demanding Transparency**
Khazaradze demands that the Georgian Dream party disclose how many millions of lari were spent on stopping Anaklia and on legal services during the arbitration process.
**Understanding the Arbitration Process**
According to Khazaradze, the arbitration ruled in favor of Anaklia. He claims that if Anaklia had lost, they would have had to pay millions in damages to the state. However, since they won, the costs are seen as a service fee.
**Stopping the Anaklia Project**
Khazaradze points out that it was Ivanishvili who stopped the Anaklia project. The project was supposed to be ready for its first ship in 2020. Instead, the Georgian Dream party confiscated over $80 million worth of American and European investments.
**Questions Remain Unanswered**
The questions remain: why hasn’t the Anaklia port been built after seven years? And finally, why did the Georgian Dream feel the need to bring up this issue now when the payment was made last year?
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