United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has arrived in Georgia amid rising tensions between Tbilisi, Washington and Moscow.
A senior State Department official told reporters that the trip was intended to show support of Georgia's territorial integrity in the face of Russian pressure. Earlier, Russia's foreign ministry in a statement accused Georgia of pushing the South Caucusus region towards war through actions openly supported by the United States. Russia has increased its military presence in the breakaway region of Abkhazia Unarmed Russian soldiers sent to Abkhazia ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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