Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen (left, back to camera) meets with a delegation from Georgia led by President Eduard Shevardnadze (center), and including, among others, Minister of Foreign Affairs Irakli Menagarishvili (left, facing camera), and Mr. Charkviani, head of the Foreign Relations Department, serving here as interpreter (right). The talks, held at the Pentagon, July 17, 1997, dealt with a range of security issues of interest to both nations and culminated with the signing of a document entitled "Cooperation in the Area of Prevention of Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Promotion of Defense and Military Relations."
<bdi><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37886615" class="extiw" title="d:Q37886615"><span title="American photographer">Helene C. Stikkel</span></a>
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