UK: SHEVARDNADZE VISITS BLAIR AND QUEEN

(19 Jul 2000) Natural Sound

Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze has held talks in London with Prime Minister Tony Blair.

The leaders discussed the situation in troubled Georgia, bilateral cooperation and regional security.

The Itar-Tass news agency reported British officials told Shevardnadze they were satisfied with the border control in the Chechen sector of the Georgian-Russian frontier and did not plan to propose an enlargement of the group of OSCE observers.

At a joint news conference, Blair announced his government was ready to offer financial support for the decommissioning of former Soviet military bases in Georgia.

SOUNDBITE: (English)
"We discussed the economic situation in Georgia and the measures being taken. We also discussed the issue of the decommissioning of the Russian bases in Georgia and I made the offer of U-K financial help in order to speed up that process. The president briefed me also on the anti-corruption measures in Georgia and we discussed in general terms the relationship between Georgia, the neighbouring countries of Georgia and European Union."
SUPER CAPTION: Tony Blair, U-K Prime Minister

Later in the day, Shevardnadze met Queen Elizabeth ll.

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