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A US naval guided-missile destroyer has arrived in the Georgian port of Batumi, about 80km south of the Black Sea port of Poti where Russian troops remain present.
The USS McFaul, the first of five US ships scheduled to arrive this week, reached the port on Sunday about 55 tonnes of aid for Georgia following its conflict with Russia.
The US has already delivered some aid to the country by military cargo plane.
"The United States is our great friend. They have arrived at such a difficult time. It means we are not alone," David Kezerashvili, the Georgian defence minister, said.
But a top Russian general has accused Nato countries of using humanitarian aid as a "cover" for a build-up of naval forces in the Black Sea.
Al Jazeera's Neave Barker, reporting from Moscow, said that the Russian government considered the presence of the US vessel "very dubious indeed".
"This is a missile cruiser, it has Tomahawk missiles, it has an array of weapons on board ... no doubt this is going to be sending negative signals to the Russian command," he said.
Train explosion
Earlier on Sunday an explosion ripped through a fuel train outside the Georgian town of Gori, severing a vital trade route across the country.
Georgian officials are assessing the damage from the blast, which could potentially disrupt a key trade route for oil exports from Azerbaijan to European markets.
"The railway is vital not just for the Georgian economy but for the economy of neighbouring countries," Lado Gurgenidze, Georgia's prime minister, said.
Shota Utiashvili, a spokesman for Georgia's interior ministry, told Al Jazeera: "The investigators [suspect] ... the Russian forces that left there two days ago left a mine on the railroad."
"About a week ago, on the same railroad a major bridge was exploded by the Russian invaders. And as they have left the area they have left mines," he said.
Witnesses said that an intense fire was burning sending flames and thick dark smoke high into the air.
Russian withdrawal
Russia withdrew the bulk of its forces from Georgia on Friday.
Moscow is maintaining some troops in Western Georgia as well as around South Ossetia, the breakaway region of the country which Tbilisi attacked on August 7, leading to Russia sending in forces.
Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, on Saturday called on Russia to further withdraw its forces from roads linking Georgian cities.
Acting as chair of the European Union, Sarkozy "insisted on the importance of a rapid pullout of Russian soldiers present on the Poti-Senaki route," a statement from his office said.
Georgian authorities said that Russian forces were establishing checkpoints at eight locations skirting the breakaway region of South Ossetia and Georgia's main east-west highway.
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The USS McFaul, a guided-missile destroyer, arrived in Georgia with 55 tonnes of aid [AFP]
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