Georgia's foreign minister arrived in Moscow Sunday for more talks on the status of Russia's bases in the Caucasus Mountains nation. Salome Zurabishvili will meet with her Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, on Monday to discuss the two bases' status as well as a Russian-backed proposal to set up a joint anti-terrorism center. "The Russian side hopes that in the course of meetings of the two country's representatives ... that a resolution will be found that meets the interests of both sides," said Alexander Yakovenko, a spokesman for the Russia Foreign Ministry. Georgia, where a pro-West leadership took power last year, wants Moscow to hand back the bases within two years. But Russia says it needs at least three years and it also wants millions in compensation.
