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02-05-2009, 05:09 PM
Russia might take provocative action when NATO war games start in Georgia next week, Georgian ambassador to the US, Batou Koutelia, has said.
http://www.presstv.ir/classic/Detail.aspx?id=93307§ionid=351020606
Georgia warns of Russian anti-NATO action
Sat, 02 May 2009 09:07:17 GMT
Russia might take provocative action when NATO war games start in Georgia next week, Georgian ambassador to the US, Batou Koutelia, has said.
"When we see at the highest political level, the president of the Russian federation (Dmitry Medvedev) declares that he views these exercises as a provocation directed against Russian interests and they are prepared to act, it raises concerns that there might be some provocations," Koutelia told a couple of journalists, including AFP.
"That happened before as well," he added.
Georgia launched a military operation in August 2008 against the breakaway region of South Ossetia to bring it back under Georgia's control. This prompted Russia to send its troops to South Ossetia, where most of the residents hold Russian citizenship.
The Georgian diplomat, who has recently arrived in Washington from Tbilisi where he was the deputy defense minister, said this time the Georgian reaction would be different.
"If it happens, we are determined to have reactions together with our partners and allies, NATO member countries, United States. And we will have a joint reaction on this," he said.
"We are working very closely with the international community to explain to Russia that these exercises are not against the interests of any country," he added.
In response to planned NATO military exercises in Georgia, the Kremlin formalized the deployment of Russian guards on the borders between Georgia-proper and the two breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia now effectively under Moscow's control.
http://www.presstv.ir/classic/Detail.aspx?id=93307§ionid=351020606
Georgia warns of Russian anti-NATO action
Sat, 02 May 2009 09:07:17 GMT
Russia might take provocative action when NATO war games start in Georgia next week, Georgian ambassador to the US, Batou Koutelia, has said.
"When we see at the highest political level, the president of the Russian federation (Dmitry Medvedev) declares that he views these exercises as a provocation directed against Russian interests and they are prepared to act, it raises concerns that there might be some provocations," Koutelia told a couple of journalists, including AFP.
"That happened before as well," he added.
Georgia launched a military operation in August 2008 against the breakaway region of South Ossetia to bring it back under Georgia's control. This prompted Russia to send its troops to South Ossetia, where most of the residents hold Russian citizenship.
The Georgian diplomat, who has recently arrived in Washington from Tbilisi where he was the deputy defense minister, said this time the Georgian reaction would be different.
"If it happens, we are determined to have reactions together with our partners and allies, NATO member countries, United States. And we will have a joint reaction on this," he said.
"We are working very closely with the international community to explain to Russia that these exercises are not against the interests of any country," he added.
In response to planned NATO military exercises in Georgia, the Kremlin formalized the deployment of Russian guards on the borders between Georgia-proper and the two breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia now effectively under Moscow's control.