Clinton arrives in regional ally Georgia, during security trip.
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Georgia's Black Sea resort Batumi on Monday (June 4) within the framework of her a tour of the Southern Caucasus.
Clinton's South Caucasus trip will focus largely on U.S. interests and security in the region criss-crossed by energy pipelines, fraught with territorial disputes and the site of a five-day war between Russia and pro-western Georgia in 2008.
Clinton will open the U.S.-Georgian Strategic Partnership commission plenary session in Batumi and is scheduled to hold discussions with a broad range of political actors which would include President Mikheil Saakashvili and opposition forces.
The US State Department said Clinton would discuss "regional security, democracy, economic development and counter-terrorism".
Clinton will end her trip in Istanbul on June 7, speaking at a counter-terrorism forum and holding talks with Turkish officials on Syria.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Georgia's Black Sea resort Batumi on Monday (June 4) within the framework of her a tour of the Southern Caucasus.
Clinton's South Caucasus trip will focus largely on U.S. interests and security in the region criss-crossed by energy pipelines, fraught with territorial disputes and the site of a five-day war between Russia and pro-western Georgia in 2008.
Clinton will open the U.S.-Georgian Strategic Partnership commission plenary session in Batumi and is scheduled to hold discussions with a broad range of political actors which would include President Mikheil Saakashvili and opposition forces.
The US State Department said Clinton would discuss "regional security, democracy, economic development and counter-terrorism".
Clinton will end her trip in Istanbul on June 7, speaking at a counter-terrorism forum and holding talks with Turkish officials on Syria.