By empty (5/24/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Russian Ambassador to Tbilisi Vladimir Chkhikvishvili was summoned to the Georgian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday to hear a protest against Georgian opposition leader Igor Giorgadze\'s press conference in Moscow on May 24. Tbilisi also protested against statements made by high-ranking Russian officials staying that Moscow is prepared to grant political asylum to Giorgadze, a former Georgian security minister who is on Interpol\'s wanted list, the Georgian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The Russian ambassador met with Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Levan Choladze.