"Georgia wants to belong to European and Euro-Atlantic structures but at the same time to have good relations with every neighbour, " said Georgian political analyst Alexander Rondeli.

BBC: The Iranians who come to Georgia

Even Syria, which Manuchehr Mottaki, the Iranian foreign minister, visited this week, differs sharply with Iran on what is good for their common neighbour, Iraq: Iran is far more sympathetic to the new Shia-dominated government, while Syria hankers after the old domination by its sister Baath party, once run by Saddam Hussein.

ECONOMIST: The crisis in Lebanon, Israel and Palestine: Ending will be harder | The