![Georgia's Foreign Minister Gela Bezhuashvili, left, welcomes his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Tbilisi, Monday, Feb. 19, 2007. Germany's foreign minister arrived Monday in Tbilisi during his tour in the oil-rich south Georgia's Foreign Minister Gela Bezhuashvili, left, welcomes his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Tbilisi, Monday, Feb. 19, 2007. Germany's foreign minister arrived Monday in Tbilisi during his tour in the oil-rich south](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2PBY8MA/georgias-foreign-minister-gela-bezhuashvili-left-welcomes-his-german-counterpart-frank-walter-steinmeier-in-tbilisi-monday-feb-19-2007-germanys-foreign-minister-arrived-monday-in-tbilisi-during-his-tour-in-the-oil-rich-south-caucuses-region-in-an-effort-to-explore-possibilities-in-reducing-german-dependence-on-russian-oil-and-gas-ap-photogeorge-abdaladze-2PBY8MA.jpg)
Georgia's Foreign Minister Gela Bezhuashvili, left, welcomes his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Tbilisi, Monday, Feb. 19, 2007. Germany's foreign minister arrived Monday in Tbilisi during his tour in the oil-rich south
![Georgia's Foreign Minister Gela Bezhuashvili, speaks during a news conference in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, Friday, Nov. 10, 2006. Bezhuashvili arrived on a two day visit to Bulgaria. (AP Photo/Petar Petrov Stock Georgia's Foreign Minister Gela Bezhuashvili, speaks during a news conference in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, Friday, Nov. 10, 2006. Bezhuashvili arrived on a two day visit to Bulgaria. (AP Photo/Petar Petrov Stock](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2PCB9TY/georgias-foreign-minister-gela-bezhuashvili-speaks-during-a-news-conference-in-the-bulgarian-capital-sofia-friday-nov-10-2006-bezhuashvili-arrived-on-a-two-day-visit-to-bulgaria-ap-photopetar-petrov-2PCB9TY.jpg)
Georgia's Foreign Minister Gela Bezhuashvili, speaks during a news conference in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, Friday, Nov. 10, 2006. Bezhuashvili arrived on a two day visit to Bulgaria. (AP Photo/Petar Petrov Stock
![Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz escorts Minister of Defense of Georgia Gela Bezhuashvili into the Pentagon. Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz escorts Minister of Defense of Georgia Gela Bezhuashvili into the Pentagon.](https://media.defense.gov/2004/Feb/25/2002020750/1088/820/0/279070-Y-ILQ30-063.jpg)
Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz escorts Minister of Defense of Georgia Gela Bezhuashvili into the Pentagon.
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![Russia s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov background and his Georgian counterpart Gela Bezhuashvili meeting in Madrid Stock Photo - Alamy Russia s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov background and his Georgian counterpart Gela Bezhuashvili meeting in Madrid Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/B964ED/russia-s-foreign-minister-sergei-lavrov-background-and-his-georgian-B964ED.jpg)
Russia s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov background and his Georgian counterpart Gela Bezhuashvili meeting in Madrid Stock Photo - Alamy
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![File:Groundbreaking ceremony at the future site of Central Pathogen Storage Facility; Senator Richard Lugar, Gela Bezhuashvili, Vladimir Chipashvili, Giorgi Baramidze and Ambassador Miles (August 30, 2004).jpg - Wikimedia Commons File:Groundbreaking ceremony at the future site of Central Pathogen Storage Facility; Senator Richard Lugar, Gela Bezhuashvili, Vladimir Chipashvili, Giorgi Baramidze and Ambassador Miles (August 30, 2004).jpg - Wikimedia Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/Groundbreaking_ceremony_at_the_future_site_of_Central_Pathogen_Storage_Facility%3B_Senator_Richard_Lugar%2C_Gela_Bezhuashvili%2C_Vladimir_Chipashvili%2C_Giorgi_Baramidze_and_Ambassador_Miles_%28August_30%2C_2004%29.jpg)
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Georgia's Foreign Minister Gela Bezhuashvili, left, and his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier shake hands during their meeting in Tbilisi, Monday, Feb. 19, 2007. Germany's foreign minister arrived Monday in Tbilisi during his
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