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Representative of U.S. State Department discusses situation in Georgia

Politics Materials 6 August 2009 18:23 (UTC +04:00)
Representative of the U.S. State Department, Daniel Fried, and Secretary of the Georgian Defense Council Ekaterina Tkeshelashvili discussed the situation connected with the anniversary of the Georgian conflict at their meeting.
Representative of U.S. State Department discusses situation in Georgia

Georgia, Tbilisi, Aug.6 / Trend N.Kirtzkhalia /

Representative of the U.S. State Department, Daniel Fried, and Secretary of the Georgian Defense Council Ekaterina Tkeshelashvili discussed the situation connected with the anniversary of the Georgian conflict at their meeting.

The meeting focused on close cooperation between U.S and Georgia, Tkeshelashvili said after the meeting. The importance was paid to the U.S. support.

The U.S. reaction was lightning to stabilize the situation,   Tkeshelashvili added.

Military actions launched in the territory of unrecognized republic of South Ossetia on August 8, 2008. Georgian troops entered the capital of South Ossetia - Tskhinvali. Afterwards, Russian troops occupied the city and drove Georgian military men back to Georgia. Russia recognized independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, official parts of Georgia on August 26 and established diplomatic relations with them on September 9.

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