The Georgian government, which has spurned the Kremlin in recent years and tightened relations with the West, reacted with alarm.
Perhaps more important, the agreement would strengthen an essential ally in the combat against illegal narcotics in the Andes and tighten relations with one of the United States' few remaining friends in South America — where Venezuela's Hugo Chávez is gaining allies by spreading oil wealth around.
Since then, the two countries have rapidly normalized their bilateral relations, upgraded investment ties, and are currently contemplating tightening defense relations.
The study concluded with comments and suggestions on the application of bolt torque tightening in relation to the strength, fatigue life and damage tolerance characteristics of joints on similar fibre reinforced polymer laminate composite material systems.
And Berlin is at pains to stress that there is much common ground with Britain, including in relation to tightening welfare for new arrivals from elsewhere in the EU.
Previous theory overestimates the tightening torque in the relation between preload and tightening torque.
A finite element analysis was performed in connection with an analytical fracture mechanics approach aiming to evaluate the relation between tightening force and fatigue crack propagation in connecting rod bolts.
Though Zeffirelli is being commended for his "valuable services to British performing arts", his knighthood will further tighten already close relations between Tony Blair's government and that of Silvio Berlusconi.
2.14pm: His reporter was told Gwent police were "tightening up" rules regarding press relations due to the Leveson inquiry, a claim that Lord Justice Leveson finds surprising.
As relations between Georgia and Russia deteriorated, Moscow did not flinch from tightening the economic screws, and the rupturing of trading ties caused the Georgian economy to nose-dive.
