German, French foreign ministries visit Georgia
By Tengiz Pachkoria
ITAR-TASS News Agency
November 10, 2004 Wednesday 8:55 AM Eastern Time
TBILISI, November 10 — Georgian State Minister for Settlement of
Conflicts Georgy Khaindrava discussed the situation in Abkhazia and
South Ossetia with the political directors of the German and French
foreign ministries, Michael Schefer and Stanislas Lefevre de Laboulaye,
on Wednesday.
Khaindrava’s press service said Schefer and Lefevre de Laboulaye
“have expressed support of their countries for the stance of the
Georgian government on peaceful settlement of the conflicts” with
Georgia’s two provinces.
The officials of the German and French foreign ministries will meet
during their one-day visit to Tbilisi President Mikhail Saakashvili,
Foreign Ministry Salome Zurabishvili and Prime Ministry Zurab Zhvania.
Schefer and Lefevre de Laboulaye will travel to Armenia’s capital
Yerevan on Thursday.