President Saakashvili discussed ongoing bilateral cooperation in frames of U.S.-Georgia Charter on Strategic Partnership and situation in Georgia’s breakaway regions during a phone conversation with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on November 18, the Georgian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
 
“The President of Georgia directed the U.S. Vice President's attention to an increasing number of kidnappings of peaceful civilians in the areas adjacent to the occupation line, with special emphasis on the fate of the four Georgian minors kidnapped in the village of Tirdznisi and still held captive. The President of Georgia urged the US side to draw on its reputation and consolidate efforts for the immediate and unconditional release of the detained minors,” the Georgian Foreign Ministry’s English-language statement reads.