Saakashvili has a taste for ties
Published: 17 September, 2008, 13:09
Edited: 10 March, 2010, 20:09
The nervous Georgian President revealed an odd little habit – he apparently likes munching his neck tie while speaking on the phone. A BBC camera caught Mikhail Saakashvili doing a spot of tie chewing.
17.09.2008, 12:45
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