Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili (R) speaks with a US soldier (L) during a joint NATO-Georgia military training exercise 30km outside Tbilisi at the Vaziani base on May 25, 2009. Russia has sternly criticized NATO for carrying out exercises this month in the ex-Soviet republic of Georgia, saying such activity less than a year after Russia and Georgia fought a war was highly destablizing.
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili (CL) speaks with Spanish and Italian officers during a joint NATO-Georgia military training exercise 30km outside Tbilisi at the Vaziani base on May 25, 2009.