US President George Bush (L) shakes hands with Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze on April 6, 1990 in the White House Rose Garden before their meeting. The two discussed plans for the up-coming summit between Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev.
US President George Bush (L) and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze look up at the rain on April 6, 1990 while posing for photographers in the White House Rose Garden. The Soviet Union has said it is dropping its demand that a unified Germany remain neutral.
US President George Bush (R) directs Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze (C) and US Secretary of State James Baker into place for a photo opportunity at the White House on September 21, 1989. The three men will meet to discuss the meeting between Baker and Shevardnadze starting on September 22 in Wyoming.
Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev (L with hat), his wife Raisa and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze (R, 2nd row) climb down from the plane upon their arrival at New York's John F. Kennedy airport on December 6, 1988. Gorbachev is in New York to address the United Nations General Assembly and meet with US President Ronald Reagan.
French Foreign Minister Roland Dumas (L) shares a joke with Soviet counterpart Eduard Shevardnadze (R) and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev (C) as they met in Moscow on November 14, 1989 to discuss reforms in East Europe.
Georgia's new energy minister, retired AC Milan football star Kakha Kaladze, speaks to journalists in the Georgian parliament in Kutaisi, on October 25, 2012. Georgia's parliament confirmed today billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili as prime minister after his coalition defeated President Mikheil Saakashvili's party at polls this month. The new cabinet includes several ex-diplomats, veteran politicians from the pre-Rose Revolution government of President Eduard Shevardnadze, and inexperienced newcomers like Kaladze.