Georgian Foreign Minister Salome Zourabichvili said her country is interested in bringing relations with Russia back to normal. \"Both parties applaud the progress they have made regarding the withdrawal of Russia\'s military bases from Georgia, but further steps need to be taken,\" she said. \"Relations with Russia should be normalized in fact, not only in words. Work is underway in this direction,\" the minister said. Zourabichvili hopes that \"both parties will take other moves this year to bring their relations back to normal.\" Georgia attaches great importance \"to assuming the role of one of the leaders of new movements and tendencies in the region, a goal [the country] is trying to achieve,\" she said. (Interfax)