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Georgia Foreign Relations
Georgia's long tradition as a crossroads of East-West
commerce was interrupted by the trade practices of the Soviet
Union and then by Gamsakhurdia's isolationist policy. Although
the Shevardnadze government sought to revive the national economy
by reinstating ties with both East and West, in 1992 and 1993
domestic turmoil prevented major steps in that direction. In 1993
Shevardnadze traveled widely among the former Soviet republics
(Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkmenistan) and elsewhere
(Germany, China, and the headquarters of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization in Belgium) to solidify Georgia's
international position and solicit aid. By September, Georgia had
diplomatic relations with seventy-eight countries and economic
cooperation treaties with sixteen.
Data as of March 1994
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