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Georgian FM pledges to work closely with US, Russia
Tbilisi, Dec 01: Georgia`s new Foreign Minister pledged today to work closely with both the United States and Russia, two countries that have jockeyed for influence in the former Soviet Republic.
Tbilisi, Dec 01: Georgia's new Foreign Minister
pledged today to work closely with both the United States and
Russia, two countries that have jockeyed for influence in the
former Soviet Republic.
Tedo Japaridze, the former head of Georgia's National
Security Council, was confirmed to the top foreign relations
post by parliament yesterday, one week after president Eduard
Shevardnadze resigned in the face of massive demonstrations
over disputed elections.
Both Russia and the United States have interests in
Georgia, which lies in a strategic corridor between Nato
member Turkey and the Caspian Sea.
Russia accused Georgia of harbouring militants from the breakaway Russian Republic of Chechnya. Georgia accused Russian peacekeepers, deployed as a buffer force in its separatist province of Abkhazia since 1994, of siding with separatists.
Bureau Report
Russia accused Georgia of harbouring militants from the breakaway Russian Republic of Chechnya. Georgia accused Russian peacekeepers, deployed as a buffer force in its separatist province of Abkhazia since 1994, of siding with separatists.
Bureau Report