Rumsfeld arrives in Georgia
AFP, December, 2003
TBILISI (AFP) — US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld arrived in Georgia, becoming the most senior US official to visit the strategic Caucasus state since new leaders assumed power there after a bloodless revolution.
Rumsfeld was greeted by his Georgian counterpart David Tevzadze after his plane landed at the airport outside the capital of Tbilisi, according to AFP reporters on the scene Friday.
Rumsfeld's visit comes at a time when Moscow and Washington have renewed their Cold War-style rivalry for influence over Georgia, a country seen in the West ...