During the contacts between US diplomats and Georgian leaders yesterday the issue of Eduard Shevardnadze’s retirement was not raised, US State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher said. “We did not discuss the retirement in our conversations. Neither the Secretary of State, nor the US ambassador did it,” Boucher emphasized. He reported that the American ambassador to Tbilisi now holds “direct conversations will all political leaders of Georgia.” Boucher specified that the US continues discussing the opportunity of contribution to Georgia in holding new election and, along with the OSCE, assisting “in promotion of the new course chosen by them.” As of the reports on Colin Powell’s probable visit to Tbilisi, in the Spokesman’s words, “the US State Secretary is not planning that,” “Novosti” Russian agency reported.
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