Powell, Zhvania Discussed South Ossetia

Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania held phone conversation with U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell on July 8 and discussed satiation in breakaway South Ossetia.

?Mr. Powell expressed readiness to help Georgia in overcoming the current crisis. He also welcomed Georgian government?s efforts to avoid armed confrontation in the conflict zone,? Avto Pavlenishvili, spokesman of the Georgian Prime Minister told Civil Georgia.

He also said that Premier Zhvania held phone conversation with Secretary of the Russian Security Council Igor Ivanov twice on July 8.