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Georgian Envoy Meets Russian Deputy FM
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin met Givi Shugarov, the acting Georgian ambassador in Moscow, on August 27, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported.
“During the meeting, urgent issues of bilateral Russo-Georgian relations, mainly of a humanitarian nature, were discussed. The importance of maintaining working contacts through diplomatic channels, including the embassies of the two countries, was also discussed,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a press release.
Shugarov is one of two diplomats remaining at the Georgian embassy in Moscow, after the Georgian Foreign Ministry said on August 27 it was “minimizing,” but not cutting diplomatic relations with Russia.