Russian envoy to meet Georgian president
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Russia's newly returned ambassador to Georgia met with the foreign minister on Tuesday, as the two countries moved to improve ties badly strained when Georgia briefly detained four Russian military officers it accused of spying.
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Russia is sending a special envoy to the Middle East to defuse tensions and revive the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, its foreign ministry said Friday.
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Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili appealed to world leaders Tuesday to convene an international conference on the conflict in breakaway South Ossetia, where daily exchanges of gunfire threaten to spark a war.
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Rupel was due to meet with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostyantyn Hryshchenko on his arrival.
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Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, foreseen as the next Russian president, accompanied President Vladimir Putin on a highly symbolical visit to Bulgaria this week that attracted strong attention from the media.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed hope on August 20, that the Georgian and South Ossetian sides will show political will and follow undertaken commitments over ceasefire.
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Officials from four former Soviet countries meet in Azerbaijan to discuss curbing Russian influence.
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Georgia's president told world leaders Wednesday that Russia continues to interfere in its domestic politics and engage in "reckless and dangerous" behavior, the latest in a series of conflicts between the two countries.
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U.S. and Russian lawmakers will hold a joint session of their foreign affairs committees in Washington later this month to discuss growing tensions between the two countries, the chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives panel announced on Tuesday.
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MOSCOW, Aug. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday Russia sees no need for holding an international forum to settle the Georgian-Ossetian conflict, Russia&#39;s Interfax news agency reported.
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Henry Kissinger met President Vladimir Putin on Saturday during a private visit at the Kremlin the former U.S. Secretary of State said was aimed at strengthening ties between the two nations, whose presidents are to meet for a summit this month.
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Presidents Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine and Mikhail Saakashvili of Georgia meet here to discuss matters ranging from bilateral relations to prospects for regional cooperation within the framework of the GUAM ... via ITAR-TASS
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President Bush will receive Russian President Vladimir Putin in Maine for two days of talks in July on issues ranging from Iran and civil nuclear cooperation to missile defense, the White House announced today.
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Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili voted on Thursday in local elections which will test his popularity after a major confrontation with Russia.
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New Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice  and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet in the  Turkish capital Ankara on Saturday to prepare for a planned  U.S.-Russia summit, diplomats said on Thursday.
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President Vladimir Putin arrived in St.Petersburg on Friday, where he is going to meet his German counterpart, President Horst Koehler, on the same day.
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WASHINGTON, Aug 17  - The United States is eyeing tensions between Georgia and separatists in Abkhazia and South Ossetia while hoping US influence with Georgia&#39;s new president can halt broader armed conflict in the Caucasus.