US Navy ship carrying aid anchors off Georgian port partly occupied by Russian troops

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Source: CCTV.com | 09-06-2008 11:02

The flagship of the US Navy's Mediterranean fleet has dropped anchor outside the key Georgian port city of Poti. The ship has brought tons of humanitarian aid to a port still partially occupied by hundreds of Russian troops.

The USS Mount Whitney was the first Navy ship to travel to Poti since Georgia fought a short war with Russia last month.

Georgians greet captain John Moore of the USS Mount  Whitney destroyer in Poti.(AFP/Seiran Baroian)

Russia had signaled to US officials that it would not impede the ship's movement.

On Friday, Russian Foreign Ministry official Andrei Nesterenko offered a measured response.

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Andrei Nesterenko said, " If the facts of the major violation of the convention are verified, we will take corresponding steps to improve the situation. But there is no talk of possible military action or anything of that kind."