US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is to wrap up a tour of eastern Europe and the Caucasus with a visit to Georgia. She has already visited Ukraine, Poland, Azerbaijan and Armenia on the five-day trip. Mrs Clinton will tell the government of Mikheil Saakashvili in Tbilisi that he still has US support. US has been working to improve its own relations with Russia, who fought a war against Georgia two years ago.
The plane of the US Secretary of State landed in Tbilisi airport at 12:00, where foreign minister Grigol Vashadze and the ambassador of Georgia to United States Batu Kutelia greeted her.
Mrs. Clinton left for the National Library to meet with Georgian female leaders.
Afterwards, Mrs Clinton will meet with Georgian president in the president`s Palace and discuss bilateral relations. Meeting with the opposition leaders in Tbilisi Marriot is also on the agenda. Irakli Alasania and Giorgi Targamadze will attend the meeting.
US Secretary of State will leave Georgia at 6 pm.
The visit of Mrs Hillary Clinton to Georgia traditionally coincides with the hard political period of the country. This is not the first visit of US senior official to Georgia amid the Russian aggression. US former president and State Secretary Rice visited Georgia earlier. George Bush visited Tbilisi in 2005. Mrs. Rice visited Georgia after the August war in 2007 to demonstrate support to the country and its government.
