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| Russia 'guarantor' of Caucasus security, Medvedev tells Merkel |
| 2008-08-16 |
| President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday said Moscow was the guarantor of security in the Caucasus region Right. And I'd really like to be the guardian of Patty Anne Brown's chastity. and dismissed Georgia's chances of recovering its rebel regions. "Is werry fonny choke in Rossian! Ha ha!" His comments came at a news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, at which the German leader insisted Georgia's territorial integrity had to be the starting point for resolving the current conflict. "Russia, as guarantor of security in the Caucasus and the region, will make a decision that unambiguously supports the will of these two Caucasus peoples," Medvedev said, referring to the people of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. "Unfortunately after what has happened it is unlikely Ossetians and Abkhaz can live in one state with Georgians. If someone continues to attack our citizens, our peacekeepers, then of course we will answer just as we did." "I mean, what else could we do?" The German chancellor took a contrary stance on the future of Georgia's rebel provinces. "The starting point must naturally be Georgia's territorial integrity," Merkel said. "There is an elected government in Georgia with which we have to discuss and negotiate," she said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 BIGNEWSNETWORK > RUSSIA MAY HAVE A NEW FRIEND IN IRAN; + IRAN-DAILY > AHMADINEJAD: THE WEST'S DEPARTURE IS VISIBLE [US-West weakening on Centrifuges]+ ABKHAZIANS PLANT THEIR FLAG -US LIMITATIONS EXPOSED. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-08-16 01:37 |