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Article: EU/GEORGIA: EUROPA MUST STAND UP TO THE GREAT BEAR, SAYS TBILISI.(Georgian Foreign Minister Salome Zourabichvili emphasis on insecurity in the South-Caucasus region)
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- European Report
- Article date:
- March 5, 2005
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French diplomat Salome Zourabichvili - who has dual citizenship - was appointed Georgian Foreign Minister by President Mikhail Saakashvili following the "rose revolution." Her Brussels agenda included meetings with: EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Justice, Freedom and Security Commissioner Franco Frattini, the EU Political and Security Committee and NATO.
The Russia question.
According to Ms Zourabichvili, Russia's stance is key to the atmosphere of insecurity in the South-Caucasus region, and it is up to the EU to commit to alleviating the situation. She explained that the direction taken ...