Biden pleased with government of Georgia

 

Merkel and Hollande's plan: not the end, but a beginning of an endThe French newspaper Le Monde says that the Hollande-Merkel plan is not meant to replace the Minsk Agreement, but to become a "road map" for their implementation. Le Journal du Dimanche writes that proposals of the West "are very different from the proposals made by the Russian side the other day." Citing sources in diplomatic circles, the newspaper reports that "the Russian document will not be taken by the West as a basis for negotiations."Another French newspaper Le Figaro notes that negotiations on Ukraine "stalled" not on the matters related to the underlying problems of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country, but on such matters as the peacekeeping contigent.Today, a meeting of the Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili and Vice President Joseph Biden took place on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.

 

 

Today, a meeting of the Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili and Vice President Joseph Biden took place on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.

 

The sides discussed issues of strategic partnership and European and Euro-Atlantic perspectives of Georgia.

 

"The US Vice President positively assessed the efforts being made by the Georgian government in recent years and found them successful," Georgia Online quotes Garibashvili as saying.

 

He also thanked the Vice-President for the strong support of Georgia, which, according to the Prime Minister, is necessary for its integration into the European Union and NATO.