U.S. Diplomat Visits Georgia

Daniel Fried, who is now the U.S. Department of State’s special envoy for Guantanamo detainees’ issues, is visiting Tbilisi holding talks with senior Georgian officials.

In his previous capacity of Assistant Secretary for Europe and Eurasian Affairs, Fried played one of key roles in the Bush administration in responding last August’s crisis when military hostilities erupted between Georgia and Russia.

Details about Fried’s visit to Tbilisi and about his mission remain sketchy so far.

He already met with Temur Iakobashvili, the Georgian state minister for reintegration and Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze.

In a brief comment Fried told reporters he arrived in Georgia to meet his “friends.”

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