Merkel Plans to Visit Georgia

German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, plans to visit Georgia next week, her spokesman, Thomas Steg, said on August 13. Exact date is not yet set.

Chancellor Merkel plans to travel to Shochi on Friday to hold talks with the Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev.

Steg said the chancellor had told a cabinet meeting on Wednesday that she would head into her talks with Medvedev with the message that any attempts to question Georgia’s territorial integrity or sovereignty were unacceptable, Reuters reported.