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Voice of Russia January 27, 2010 Moscow sees Georgia’s proposal to bring international troops into Abkhazia and South Ossetia as provocation “A proposal of the Georgian authorities to bring international police forces to Abkhazia and South Ossetia is a provocation”, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin said. Mr. Karasin heads the Russian delegation at the talks on security in the Caucasus which are resuming in Geneva on Thursday. The talks involve delegations from Russia, Georgia, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, US, UN, EU and the Collective Security Treaty Organization. Mr. Karasin says the official Tbilisi should first of all address its proposal to Sukhumi and Tskhinvali. “Public reaction there is very likely to be quite tough”, the diplomat said. On 8 August, 2008, the Georgian troops attacked its breakaway region of South Ossetia and partially destroyed its capital of Tskhinvali. To protect its peacekeepers and citizens in the area, Russia decided to carry out an operation aimed to force Georgia to accept peace. Then Moscow recognized the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and was followed later by Nicaragua, Venezuela and Nauru. In response, Tbilisi cut off diplomatic relations with Moscow and announced the two newly formed republics ‘occupied territories’. =========================== Stop NATO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stopnato Blog site: http://rickrozoff.wordpress.com/ To subscribe, send an e-mail to: rwroz...@yahoo.com or stopnato-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Daily digest option available. ==============================
