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The U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and Georgian Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani held a phone conversation on January 5, discussing the current security environment in the region and Russia’s continued aggression against Georgia and Ukraine.

The conversation took place ahead of several high-profile meetings scheduled in the beginning of January over, among others, Russia’s military build-up in and around Ukraine, including the extraordinary meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers, the meeting of the NATO-Russia Council, and U.S.-Russia security talks in Geneva.

The Deputy Secretary of State tweeted that she expressed to top Georgian diplomat “our unwavering support for Georgia’s independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity.”