The number of times that the Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili has spoken with world leaders during the recent crisis in the region…
George Bush: 9 times
Nicolas Sarkozy: 20 times
Angela Merkel: “several” times
And…
Gordon Brown: once
As the Telegraph story reporting this puts it, “The revelation is likely to reinforce the image of Mr Brown as a brooding loner with little interest in foreign affairs.”
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