U.S. delegation arrived in Tbilisi

This morning James Steinberg, the Deputy Secretary of State, and Phillip Gordon, Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasian Affairs arrived in Tbilisi.

In the course of the visit to be finished today in the morning, the officials will meet leaders of Georgian parliamentary and non-parliamentary opposition.

Then a meeting with Mikheil Saakashvili, the President of Georgia, will be held, then the guests will head for Munich. A press conference will be held in the airport.

Representatives of the Georgian government say the visit is held in the framework of the Charter on strategic partnership, signed in January 2009. They say the arrival of the guests witnesses the support of Georgia and its government by U.S. administration.

/Georgia Times/